Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Tradescantia zebrina, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced2 Source not recorded9 Not on the record3 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Bosse	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Vollst. Handb. Blumengärt., ed. 4: 655 (1849)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1849	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Inchplant	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Mexico to Colombia	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Flower color	empty	blue, brown, magenta, purple, red · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Fruit shape	empty	capsule · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Growth habit	Forb/herb	Forb/herb · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	empty	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 445	Not on the record

Tradescantia zebrina Bosse, 1849 12% complete

Inchplant

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