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Another name for Tradescantia

The alias of purple dew grass is purple duckweed, purple golden grass, purple leaf grass, purple bamboo plum and so on.

Growth habits of Tradescantia frutescens

Tradescantia likes the environment with plenty of sunshine, but it can also withstand semi-overcast. It is strong in nature and resistant to cold. It can survive the winter in open field in North China.

Tradescantia prefers a humid climate, requiring a relative air temperature of 60-75%. The requirement of soil is not strict, loose, moist and well-drained soil is better, it is more resistant to barren soil, and there are no diseases and insect pests.

Morphological characteristics of Tradescantia frutescens

The stem of purple dew grass is much branched, fleshy, purplish red, creeping in the lower part, often with whisker roots on the nodes, and nearly erect in the upper part. Leaves alternate, lanceolate, entire, base clasping and leaf sheath, purplish red below. Flowers densely borne on 2 forked inflorescence stalks, petals 3, blue-purple, broadly ovate. The capsule is elliptic, with 3 raised ribs, and the seeds are trigonous semicircular, light brown.