Tradescantia pallida ‘Pink Stripe’ is a cultivar of; Tradescantia pallida (Rose) D.R.Hunt. It has long, narrow pointed purple leaves along the thick herbaceous stems and grows small pink flowers among the leaves. This cultivar has stunningly-bright pink stripes along the leaves.
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Genus name honors John Tradescant (1570-1638) and his son John Tradescant (1608-1662), botanists and successive gardeners to Charles I of England.
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Tradescantia pallida ‘Pink Stripe’
Tradescantia pallida 'Pink Stripe' is ca. 10 cm tall and comes in a ⌀6 cm pot
Name: Tradescantia pallida ‘Pink Stripe’ is a cultivar of Tradescantia pallida (Rose) D.R.Hunt
Type: herbaceous evergreen
form: subshrub
Family: Commelinaceae
Native Range: MexicoHabitat: grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome
Zone: 8-10
Height: up to 20 cm
Spread: 50 cm
Sun: Part shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: low
Leaf: Evergreen
Tolerate: Semi ShadeTaxon identifiers: Freebase ID : /m/02p547l PlantList-ID : kew-270389 Tropicos ID : 8300409 IPNI plant ID : 173411-1 NCBI taxonomy ID : 59015 Flora of North America taxon ID : 222000427 USDA PLANTS ID : TRPA10 GBIF taxon ID : 2765221 Encyclopedia of Life ID : 523644 African Plant Database ID : 226824 ITIS TSN : 505552 Catalogue of Life in Taiwan ID : 418093 EPPO Code : TRAPA iNaturalist taxon ID : 169872 TAXREF ID : 446171 NBN System Key : NHMSYS0000464513 Dyntaxa ID : 6007347 WCSPF ID : 270389 Plants of the World online ID : urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:256037-2 IRMNG ID : 11134593 NSW Flora ID : Tradescantia~pallida Invasive Species Compendium Datasheet ID : 117574 APNI ID : 189643 APA ID : 3855 Atlas of Florida Plants ID : 1604 Flowers of India ID : Purple Heart Observation.org ID : 206195 eBiodiversity ID : 299058 World Flora Online ID : wfo-0000589312 Open Tree of Life ID : 17930 Queensland Biota ID : 28821 Dutch Caribbean Species Register ID : 189565 NatureServe Explorer ID : 2.137149 Portal to the Flora of Italy ID : 11689 Catalogue of Life ID : 7CM73 KPU Plant Database ID : trpu UMLS CUI : C1021242
Synonyms: Setcreasea jaumavensis Matuda = Setcreasea lanceolata Faruqi, Mehra & Celarier ≡ Setcreasea pallida Rose = Setcreasea purpurea Boom ≡ Setcreasea tampicana hort. = Setcreasea tampicana hort. ex F.J.Herm. ≡ Tradescantia jaumavensis Stand. = Tradescantia jaumavensis Stand. ex Matuda ≡ Tradescantia pallida (Rose) T.E.Hunt = Tradescantia pallida subsp. purpurea (Boom) D.R.Hunt = Tradescantia pallida var. purpurea (Boom) D.R.Hunt = Tradescantia purpurea Boom = Tradescantia striata Mottet = Tradescantia velutina L.Linden
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