Commelinaceae

Inch plant

Tradescantia zebrina Heynh. ex Bosse

Family: Commelinaceae
Genus: Tradescantia

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Inch plant (Tradescantia zebrina) — FlowerPhoto: Ricard Busquets Reverte, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (3)

Chinese: 二打不死, 假金線蓮, 吊竹梅, 吊竹草, 斑葉鴨跖草, 時線蓮, 百毒散, 紅竹仔草
English: Inch plant, Creeping charlie, Zebra plant, "Wandering Jew", Inchplant, Wandering Jew
Irish: Mairnéalach fáin

Synonyms

Cyanotis zebrina (Heynh. ex Bosse) Nees

Flowers

In flower: all year (from 193 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Ricard Busquets Reverte, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Sarah Allen, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Jo Roberts, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ruestz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Madelaine Boyle, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Flocci Nivis, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ferreira Jerônimo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Flocci Nivis, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Massah Fujimoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Diego Blanco, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Tiago Makoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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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 from SimplePlant editors (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.