Tradescantia spathacea
COMMON NAME | Moses-in-the-cradle or oyster plant |
TYPE | Groundcover |
FAMILY | Commelinaceae |
NOTES | Previously
known as Rhoeo spathacea, this is a clump-forming evergreen perennial. Widely cultivated in tropical areas because
of its attractive foliage.
Consisting
of evergreen spirally arranged rosettes of sword-shaped leaves but with
spiderwort-like flowers in a boatshaped bract |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | Belize, Guatemala, and southern Mexico |
NATIVE
HABITAT | Grows
both in soil and as a lithophyte or epiphyte on rocky walls and trees in dry
to moist woodland |
WEB SOURCES |
