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Tradescantia virginiana L.






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)
O-murasakitsuyukusa (オオムラサキツユクサ, 大紫露草), Virginia spiderwort or ladys tears
Life form: annual forb
Distribution: native to the North America (exotic to Japan → escaped from gardening)
Habitat: roadsides and waste lands
Flower: 3-5 cm in diameter
Sepal: hair
Chromosome number: 2n = 12 or 24
Cultivars:

Flower: white, blue and purple-red colors. double-flowered

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Tradescantia virginiana in Hokkaido


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[1-4] at a treet garden on N18/E1, East Ward, Sapporo, on July 7 2016. [5] at a parking lot along a radoside on East Ward in the city of Sapporo on August 30, 2008.

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