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(First upload on February 4 2017. Last on November 29 2025) [ 日本語 | English ]

Tradescantia L. (ムラサキツユクサ) Murasaki-o-tsuyukusa (ムラサキオオツユクサ, 紫大露草), wandering jew, purple secretia, purple-heart, or purple queen Murasakigoten (ムラサキゴテン, 紫御殿) Life form: evergreen perennial forb Distribution: native to the Gulf Coast region of eastern Mexico Habitat: escapded to roadsides and waste lands (in Japan) → invasive specie in the southern United States and Australia → low-cold torerance

Chromosome number: 2n = 18, or 24 Use: ornamental plant and gardening Cultivars (when used): Purple Heart Synonyms: Setcreasea pallida Rose

Tradescantia pallida escaped or grown in Japan

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[1-3] under a street tree near Kanda River, Tokyo, on December 17 2016. [4/5] in Fukuoka Zoo and Botanical Garden, northern Kyushu, on September 20 2025.