Accession Data

Tradescantia crassifolia var. acaulis

Family: Commelinaceae

Country of Origin: Mexico

Description: 10-15 cm rosettes, growing flat against the soil. Leaves very succulent, with a thin layer of photosynthetic tissue and thick layers of water storage parenchyma.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 10

Accession #: 200900111

Accession Date: 2009-12-18 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2115

Quantity: 3

Source: Robert Maijer

Provenance: Robert Maijer #127, Mineral del Chico in Hidalgo, Mexico, between 2000-3000m

Culture: Summer growing, cannot withstand frost. May be deciduous to tuberous roots in cold weather.

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
2025
2024
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2010

References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 26 February 2015.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 26 February 2015.

Images

Tradescantia crassifolia var. acaulis