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|accepted_name=Tradescantia fluminensis
|accepted_authority=Vellozo
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|title=Florae Fluminensis
|place=140; plate vol. 3, 152. 1829
|year=1829
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|hierarchy=Commelinaceae;Tradescantia;Tradescantia fluminensis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Commelinaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Tradescantia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Tradescantia fluminensis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> decumbent, rooting at nodes. <b>Leaves</b> 2-ranked; blade lanceolate-elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, 2.5–5 × 1–2 cm (distal leaf blades wider or narrower than sheaths when sheaths opened, flattened), margins ciliolate, apex acute, glabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, becoming leaf-opposed, sometimes axillary from distalmost leaf axil, 1–2 cyme pairs per stem; bracts mostly foliaceous, occasionally reduced. <b>Flowers</b> distinctly pedicillate; pedicels 1–1.5 cm, glandular-pilose; sepals 5–7 mm, midrib pilose with eglandular hairs; petals distinct, white, not clawed, 8–9 mm; stamens free; filaments white, densely bearded with white hairs.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–fall.
|habitat=Woods, roadsides, and open areas, sometimes as weed
|distribution=Ala.;Calif.;Fla.;La.;introduced;native;South America (Brazil–Argentina);Africa (South Africa);Australia.
|discussion=<p>This species was recorded north to North Carolina (J. K. Small 1933), but I have not seen any supporting records from Georgia or North Carolina.</p>
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name=Tradescantia fluminensis
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|authority=Vellozo
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
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|family=Commelinaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–fall.
|habitat=Woods, roadsides, and open areas, sometimes as weed
|distribution=Ala.;Calif.;Fla.;La.;introduced;native;South America (Brazil–Argentina);Africa (South Africa);Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Florae Fluminensis
|publication year=1829
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|genus=Tradescantia
|species=Tradescantia fluminensis
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