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Purple Heart

Tradescantia pallida

Photo by maplemoth66
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Field Notes

Description:

I was walking around the neighborhood, when I saw a plant, with one, small, purple flower on it. This plant, was about fifthteen inches high. There was one, small, purple flower on this plant. The leaves of this plant, was a dark green color. All the leaves of this plant, was of all different sizes. The stem, was also a dark green color. One plant leaf, was five and one half of an inch long, and one and one fourth, of an inch wide. This purple flower, had three petals to it. In the middle of this flower, there were yellow anthers. This flower, was one inch wide, and three fourths of an inch long. One flower petal, was seven sixteenth of an inch wide, and nine sixteenth of an inch long. This plant, was growing in the shade, day and night.

Habitat:

This dark green plant, was growing in a neighbor's back yard, in a total shaded area.

Notes:

I was walking around the neighborhood, when I saw a dark green plant, growing in a neighbor's back yard. It had one, purple flower, growing on it.

Species ID Suggestions

Purple Heart

Tradescantia pallida

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PublishedFebruary 12, 2017

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