Common Name: Purple Heart
Scientific Name: Setcreasea pallida ''Purple Heart'
Family: Commelinaceae
Lake Junaluska, North Carolina
May 9, 2002
Creeping plant related to wandering Jew. Stems a foot high or more, inclined to flop over. Deep purple leaves rather narrowly oval and pointed. Pale or deep purple flowers not showy. [Bender, Steve, Southern Living Garden Book, The. Oxmoor House, Inc., Book Division of Southern Progress Corporation, Birmingham, 1998]
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Genus Listings -- A B C D, E F G H I, J, K L M N, O P Q, R S T U, V W X, Y, Z