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title: "What is the technical term for wandering Jew plants? I have a lot of…"
description: "What is the technical term for wandering Jew plants? I have a lot of them and the app identifier are calling it a boat lily, but it doesn’t look quite right."
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published: "2025-02-07T04:59:17.445599Z"
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# What is the technical term for wandering Jew plants? I have a lot of…

_Pubblicato da Lgroener il 2025-02-07_

What is the technical term for wandering Jew plants? I have a lot of them and the app identifier are calling it a boat lily, but it doesn’t look quite right.

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## 6 commenti

### Plantgirly ha commentato il 2025-02-07

Tradescantia :)

### Wolfen 🐺 ha commentato il 2025-02-07

Tradescantia zebrina is the scientific name for a Wandering Jew. Tradescantia spathacea is Moses-in-the-cradle, also know as a Boatlily. There's are several other Tradescantia species too

### Catherine ha commentato il 2025-02-07

They are called a wandering dude and/or an inch plant too.

#### Lgroener ha risposto il 2025-02-07

That’s better!

### Adam ha commentato il 2025-02-07

There are hundreds of species of transcantia. The version u have is commonly called Moses in the cradle. Wandering Jew is much more leggy with wider leaves where u have more of a columnar form with very long leaves.

### Sylvia ha commentato il 2025-02-09

Gorgeous plant

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