| Scientific Name: | Tradescantia fluminensis |
| Common Name: | wandering Jew |
| Family Name: | Commelinaceae |
| Origin: | South America |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Indoor foliage plant |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Pendulous |
| Form: | Creeping / Mat-like |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Hanging basket, Indoor plant |
| Exposure: | |
| Soil or Media: | |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Parallel venation, Lustrous, Ovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, White, May-Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves with parallel venation, ovate to 6cm long, narrowing toward base and then expanding to a broad sheath around the stem. | |