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Purple-Heart Plant

Tradescantia pallida

Photo by maplemoth662
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Field Notes

Description:

I went outside around 7:00 a.m. in the morning, and I spotted some purple plants with some purple flowers on them, growing in my front yard. "Purple Heart", is a trailing, tender perennial, with purple stems, and violet-purple leaves, that produce pink, white, or purple flowers, in the summer. The leaves are pointed at the ends. Small, three petaled purple flowers, with yellow in the middle. Kingdom: Plantae Order: Commelinales Family: Commelinaceae.

Habitat:

I spotted these purple plants and purple flowers, growing in different areas of my front yard.

Notes:

I spotted these purple plants and purple flowers, growing in different areas of my front yard, at 7:00 a.m. in the morning.

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PublishedJune 26, 2017

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