Tradescantia humilis
Family: Commelinaceae
Plant Description: Perennial with stiff, lancelote, wavy, margined leaves. Succulent stems and sheathing leaves. Purple-blue flowers fading by noon.
Plant Trivia: This plant readily hybridizes so you will see quite a bit of variations in the field.
Field Identification:
Occurrence: Locally abundant in coastal sands from ANWR to Flour Bluff and Padre Island.
Bloom Period: February – June
Plant Use:
Key to the seven species of Tradescantia will be found in Plants of the Texas Coastal Bend by Roy L. Leyman, Ruth O’Brien and Tammy White.
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