Zebrina (name refers to the striped leaves). Commelinaceae. One of the species, the wandering Jew, is a very common greenhouse plant, much used for baskets and for covering the ground underneath benches.
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Differs from Tradescantia chiefly in the fact that the corolla is tubular (petals not free); stamens 6, equal; fls. few, sessile, in 2 conduplicate bracts.—Two species, Mex. and Texas.
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