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| habit--this is a particularly large individual | flowers--notice the long purple hairs at the base of each stamen. How many petals are there? How many stamens? Is this a monocot or a dicot? |
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| inflorescence--notice how hairy the sepals and pedicels are | leaf, showing clasping leaf base |
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| leaf venation--what kind of venation is this? | Corolla color can vary in Tradescantia gigantea, even within the same population. These petals are purplish... |
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| ...and rarely you can even find white petals! | |
