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Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Commelinaceae (ツユクサ科) > Tradescantia fluminensis
Tradescantia L. (ムラサキツユクサ)Midorihakatakarakusa (ミドリハカタカラクサ, 緑博多唐草), wandering Jew, small-leaf spiderwort, river spiderwort, inch plant, speedy Henry, wandering willie or wandering trad (confusing)O-tokiwatsuyukusa (オオトキワツユクサ, 大常盤露草) Lifeform: perennial forb Distribution: native to South America
introduced to Japan in the early Showa Era as an ornamental plant |
Chromosome number: 2n = 70 and probably others Synonyms: Tradescantia albiflora Kunth Use: ornamentalcv variegata (シロフハカタカラクサ) cv albo-vittata (シラフオオトキワツユクサ), syn. T. albiflora Kunth cv. albo-vittata Discarded to avoid taxonomical confusion T. fluminensis, auct. non Vell. (トキワツユクサ/ノハカタカラクサ) T. fluminensis cv viridis (ミドリハカタカラクサ) |
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[1-3] at Kushima Island in Nanki-Kumano GeoPark, western Japan, on June 25 2024.