COMMELINACEAE
Tradescantia subacaulis
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habit--Tradescantia subacaulis is a low-growing herbaceous perennial (that usually has a very short stem, hence the epithet subacaulis, which means "almost without a stem") | flowers closeup |
flower again, showing hairy filaments of the stamens (this is typical of all species of Tradescantia) | leaf showing long hairs |
another leaf, showing the matted hairs again--what kind of venation is present? | |