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| Scientific Name: | Tradescantia spathacea | Form: |
Oval - vertical
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| Common Name: | Moses-in-the-cradle, boat lily | Texture: | Coarse |
| Family Name: | Commelinaceae | Habit: |
Upright,
Spreading
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| Plant Type: |
Indoor foliage plant
| Mature Size (ht. X w.): | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.1 - 0.3m |
| Origin: |
Mexico,
South America
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 9: (-7 to -1 C) |
| Leaves: |
Simple,
Alternate,
Basal,
Spiraled,
Soft flexible,
Glabrous,
Lanceolate,
Entire
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| Flowers: |
Cyme,
White,
Mar
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| Fruit: |
Capsule,
Brown
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| Landscape Uses: |
Indoor plant,
Container planting,
Bedding plant
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| Key ID Features: | Leaves spirally arranged, linear-lanceolate, dark green with purple undersides, up to 30 cm long; florets white in comes with purplish, boat-shaped bracts ("Moses-in-a-basket"). |
