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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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# What is the technical term for wandering Jew plants? I have a lot of…

_Lgroener님이 2025-02-07에 게시함_

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.

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/plfSxd9Fbid80GsYowHyNYU0h_3qqJHlRvGtSRt-Zs4/eo8TQ-QOSYS7WNSCz1WJSg.webp?size=large)

## 6개의 댓글

### Plantgirly님이 2025-02-07에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Tradescantia :)

### Wolfen 🐺님이 2025-02-07에 댓글을 남겼어요.

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

### Catherine님이 2025-02-07에 댓글을 남겼어요.

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

#### Lgroener님이 2025-02-07에 답변했습니다.

That’s better!

### Adam님이 2025-02-07에 댓글을 남겼어요.

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.

### Sylvia님이 2025-02-09에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Gorgeous plant

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