Tradescantia zebrina var. zebrina Hort. ex C.B.Clarke

Variety

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Characteristics

A creeping herb. The leaves are oval to oblong. The base of the leaf is at an angle. The leaves are succulent. They are red beneath and have red bands along the midrib of the pale green upper leaf surface. There is also often 2 silver white stripes long the leaf. The flowers are red. They unite to form a tube. The tube of the 3 sepals is longer than that of the 3 petals.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Root system creeping-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows under shrubs. In Argentina it grows between 400-700 m above sea level. Adelaide Botanical Gardens.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 11-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Corn (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from cuttings.
Mode cuttings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 40
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Tradescantia zebrina var. zebrina unspecified picture

Distribution

Tradescantia zebrina var. zebrina world distribution map, present in Angola, Bangladesh, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Algeria, Ecuador, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, Morocco, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Pitcairn, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Seychelles, Togo, Tonga, Taiwan, Province of China, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77170928-1
WFO ID wfo-0000590362
COL ID 7N3H2
BDTFX ID 79529
INPN ID 632896
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Synonyms

Commelina zebrina Tradescantia pendula Tradescantia tricolor Zebrina pendula Zebrina purpusii Tradescantia zebrina var. zebrina Zebrina pendula var. quadricolor Cyanotis vittata Zebrina pendula f. quadricolor