Tradescantia spathacea Sw.

The New York Botanical Garden
Tradescantia spathacea Sw.
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PLANTS OF THE CAROLINE ISLANDS
PALAU GROUP
Rhoeo Ma&fehMT spathacea (Sw.)
Stearn
Locality Angaur Island, south part of west
side of island
Occurrence Established in waste land
soil derived from coral limestone
Date March 9-10, 1950
Coll. F. R. Fosberg
Alt.3-5m. (est.)
No. 32000
botanical
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Remarks Erect; leaves purple beneath,
bracts purple, flowers white,
3-parted.
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