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title: "Can someone help me with identifying this plant? When I scan it in…"
description: "Can someone help me with identifying this plant? When I scan it in the app it says that it is a “purple heart spiderwort” but only the bottom of the leaves are…"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Taylor"
published: "2024-08-22T22:43:45.491329Z"
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# Can someone help me with identifying this plant? When I scan it in…

_Posted by Taylor on 2024-08-22_

Can someone help me with identifying this plant? When I scan it in the app it says that it is a “purple heart spiderwort” but only the bottom of the leaves are purple. Thanks for any help.

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## 4 comments

### Ji11 commented on 2024-08-22

Maybe Tradescantia spathacea

#### Taylor replied on 2024-08-22

Thank you. I’ll look that one up!

#### Ji11 replied on 2024-08-22

You’ll get a more compact plant with more purple if it’s given more light

### NOTsoGREENthumb commented on 2024-08-22

It looks like one I have… a tradescantia. Mine was closely bunched until it started getting taller now it’s spaced out like yours. But mine is also growing with elephant ears (a Wegmans special, lol). After 2 years we finally have a 3rd elephant ear popping up but the tradescantia just keeps going up and up😵‍💫

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