Common Name: Purple Heart

Scientific Name: Setcreasea pallida ''Purple Heart'

Family: Commelinaceae

Lake Junaluska, North Carolina

May 9, 2002

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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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