Accession Data

Tradescantia spathacea

Common Name: Moses-In-The-Boat

Family: Commelinaceae

Synonym(s): Rhoeo discolor (L'Her.) Hance, Rhoeo spathacea (Sw.) Stearn

Country of Origin: SE. Mexico to Guatemala

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 9-11

Accession #: 198500595

Accession Date: 1985-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 3307

Quantity: 3

Source: Unknown

Culture: Allow to dry between watering during the winter

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: commelinids

Order: Commelinales

Family: Commelinaceae

SubFamily: Commelinoideae

Tribe: Tradescantieae

SubTribe: Tradescantiinae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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2008

References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, May 21, 2018.
  2. WCSP (2018). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, June 20th, 2018.

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Tradescantia spathacea