Thanks for posting sir the photo of the flower is really awesome Tanay On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 8:55 PM, Mayur Nandikar <[email protected]>wrote:
> *Tradescantia pallida* (Rose) D. R. Hunt, Kew. Bull. 30: 452. 1975.*Setcreasea > pallida *Rose, Contr. U. S. Natl. Heb. 13: 294. 1911; *S. purpurea* Boom. > > Herbs, perennial, succulent. Stems suffused with purpulish > violet. Leaves spirally arranged; blade not variegated, suffused with > purplish violet, lanceolate-oblong to oblong-elliptic, (4-)7- 15 x 1.5- 3cm, > base symmetric, rounded to broadly cuneate, margins ciliate or ciliolate, > apex acute, glabrous or glabrescent. Inflorescence terminal, often becoming > leaf-opposed, pedunculate; peduncles (3.5-) 4- 13 cm; bracts similar to > leaves but usually greatly reduced. Flowers subsessile; pedicels densely > white –pillose at summit; sepals distinct, 7-10 mm, pilose basally; petals > slightly connate at base, pink clawed, 1.5-2 cm; stamens epipetalous; > filaments very sparsely bearded. Capsules 3.5 mm, glbrous. Seeds 2.5-3 mm. > > *Flowering:* Always. > > *Distribution:* Native to Mexico; introduced as garden ornamental. > > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Commelinales and Zingiberales Week: Commelinaceae, *Tradescantia >> pallida*(Rose) D. R. Hunt, Kew >> Bull. 30:452. 1975 >> syn: *Setcreasea* *pallida* Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 13:294. 1911 >> * **Setcreasea* *purpurea* Boom >> *Tradescantia purpurea* Boom >> >> Commonly grown ornamental in Delhi, used as ground cover, with reddish >> leaves and short decumbent branches. >> >> Common name: Purple heart, purple queen >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> > > > -- > Mr. Mayur D. Nandikar, > Research Student, > Department of Botany, > Shivaji University, > Kolhapur. > -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) [email protected] *Webpages:* http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
