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(Last Modified On 11/1/2012)
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(Last Modified On 11/1/2012)
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Species
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ZEBRINA PENDULA Schnizl.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Bot. Zeit. 7:870. 1849.
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Synonym
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Cyanotis vittata Lindl. Jour. Roy. Hort. Soc. 5:139. 1850. Cyanotis Zebrina Nees, Delect. Sem. Hort. Vratislav. 1850.
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Description
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Small creeping herbs; stems branching frequently, rooting at the nodes, as- cending at the flowering tips. Leaves elliptic, acuminate, obtuse and subsessile at the base, 2-6 cm. long, green mottled with silver above, purple beneath, scatter- ingly pilose on either surface; sheath 0.5-0.8 cm. long, laxly pilose. Flowering bracts similar to the foliage leaves, subtending an umbelliform cluster of few to several rather pretty pink flowers. Calyx tube 0.2-0.3 cm. long. Corolla 0.5-0.9 cm. long.
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Distribution
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Mexico and Central America, very frequently cultivated, and escaping in warmer climates, the world over. In moist forests at higher elevations.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Water Valley, von Wedel 785; Chiriqui Trail, von Wedel 2I77.
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Note
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This is the familiar "Wandering Jew" of greenhouses and hanging baskets. Popular names in Costa Rica are reported by Standley as Hoja de milagro and Cafiutillo.
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Common
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Wandering Jew Hoja de milagro
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Common
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Cafiutillo
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