Tradescantia mundula is a flowering plant of the family Commelinaceae. It is closely related to and often confused with Tradescantia fluminensis. It can be differentiated from the latter by its strigose stem and leaves and flat petals.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Adorned Spiderwort being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Callisia gracilis
- Tradescantia fluminensis
- Gibasis geniculata
- Tradescantia crassula
- Tradescantia cerinthoides
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Commelinales
- Family
- Commelinaceae
- Genus
- Tradescantia
- Species
- Tradescantia mundula
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