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Spiderwort

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Description:

Purple flowers on a tall stalk

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Comments (2)
rlawr781
Thanks for the quick response!
Dan Doucette
It's a spiderwort, a species of Tradescantia but I've never seen one like that! Very nice, I like the thick dark purple border. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tradescantia

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PublishedMay 12, 2011

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