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Umbrella Spiderwort
Tradescantia umbraculifera
Tradescantia umbraculifera is a species of perennial wildflower that is native to South Eastern South America, and naturalized in New Zealand. The scientific name umbraculifera means "carrying several umbrellas", which is a clear reference to its plentiful inflorescences per leaf axil that this species grows. It is native to Northeast Argentina, South Brazil, and Paraguay. The size of this plant species typically ranges between 30 and 80 centimeters with 1–4 double cincinni per leaf axis. Regarding
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How it is grown
Many people living in areas where this species is not native keep T. umbraculifera in their homes as potted plants. Otherwise, this species can be found in the wild throughout South Eastern South America.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Cultivation”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 861051.