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tradescantia
Jul. 14th, 2022 07:34 amtradescantia (tra-duh-SKAN-shee-uh) - n., any of various American herbaceous plants (genus Tradescantia), also known as spiderworts, with striped variegated leaves and ephemeral often blue or violet flowers.
About 85 species, several of which are cultivated as ornamentals. Individual species have other names, such as inchplant, dayflower, and a few ground-covering creepers are wandering Jew or wandering dude. Named by Linnaeus after English naturalist and explorer John Tradescant (1570–1638), who made expeditions to Virginia and first described T. virginiana, Virginia spiderwort, the type species of the genus, and introduced it to English gardens.
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About 85 species, several of which are cultivated as ornamentals. Individual species have other names, such as inchplant, dayflower, and a few ground-covering creepers are wandering Jew or wandering dude. Named by Linnaeus after English naturalist and explorer John Tradescant (1570–1638), who made expeditions to Virginia and first described T. virginiana, Virginia spiderwort, the type species of the genus, and introduced it to English gardens.
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