You have most likely seen this plant in Tucson and surrounding areas of Southern Arizona—either as a ground cover or in raised planters or pots. Tradescantia or Setcreasea pallida is known as a Purple ...

an agricultural engineer at the PlantIn plant-care app, told Newsweek: “This plant is a Tradescantia pallida, commonly known as purple heart or purple queen. The reason it might have tasted like onion ...

Q: I have nine pots of what I’m pretty sure is purple heart (wandering dude) on my apartment balcony. They came from a bed in my sister’s front yard. What’s the best approach for their cold weather ...

I am a freshman in high school, and I have been tracking a purple queen plant (also called purple heart) for the past several weeks as part of a summer assignment for Pre-AP Biology. Would answer some ...