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Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

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
escaped and widespread to south to the Honshu of Japan

Habitat: rainforest and other damp, humid and shaded places including roadsides and gardens (in the native regions)
Chromosome number: 2n = 70 and probably others
Synonyms:

Tradescantia albiflora Kunth

Use: ornamental
cv 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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Tradescantia fluminensis in Japan


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[1-3] at Kushima Island in Nanki-Kumano GeoPark, western Japan, on June 25 2024.

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