Commelinaceae
Purple queen
Tradescantia pallida
- Family
- Commelinaceae
- Genus
- Tradescantia
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Common names
By language (20)
- Arabic
- زبرينا حمراء, ستكريزيه
- arz
- زبرينا حمراء
- Basque
- Katu belarri
- Catalan
- Fulla morada
- Chinese
- 淡色紫露草, 紫竹梅, 紫錦草, 紫露草
- English
- Purple queen, Purpleheart, Purplequeen, "Wandering Jew", Purple heart, Wandering Jew
- German
- Mexikanische Dreimasterblume
- gor
- Hati Ungu
- Greek
- Τηλέγραφος
- Hebrew
- היהודי הנודד
- Hungarian
- Bíbor pletyka
- Indonesian
- Hati ungu
- Irish
- Giúdach fáin, An Giúdach fáin
- Japanese
- ムラサキゴテン
- Malay
- Pokok Setkrisia Unggu
- Persian
- ترادسکانتیا پالیدا
- Swedish
- Purpurblad
- Turkish
- Mor Telgraf Çiçeği
- Uzbek
- Tradeskansia pale
- Vietnamese
- Thài lài tím
Synonyms
- Setcreasea jaumavensis Matuda
- Setcreasea lanceolata Faruqi, K.L.Mehra & Celarier
- Setcreasea pallida Rose
- Setcreasea purpurea Boom
Flowers
- In flower
- January to November (from 356 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jhonatan Matheus, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Hincapie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: johnyochum, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sun Jiao, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fethullah ÖZTÜRK, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Elliot Greiner, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Schultz, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Philmarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Barkla, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.