Purple Secretia (Tradescantia Pallida)

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Purple secretia, whose scientific name is tradescantia pallida, is a scrambling, tall, evergreen perennial.

Also called purple heart or purple queen, it is native to the Gulf Coast region of eastern Mexico.

The leaves are slender and pointed, gray-green or purple in color, sometimes edged with red or purple.

Purple secretia is widely used as a garden and border ornamental, groundcover, and vine.

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