Received from trade:


Reminds me of type of tradescantia.

piksihk said:
Reminds me of type of tradescantia.

I was thinking the same thing.

Lucy68 said: I was thinking the same thing.

Me three... or Callisia

Me, four!

Or, maybe Commelina species? I think @purpleinopp/Tiffany is familiar with Tradescantia and Commelina, perhaps she will be able to help.

Thank you for the mention, Lin. : ) Sorry it took me a minute to get here.

Agree with everybody, something in Commelinaceae family. Betsy, could you add another pic with a scale object? Do you know anything about the conditions where it was growing? Are the edges of the leaves almost stiff enough to cause a "paper cut", or more pliable?

Here are couple more pictures:




The lady gave me clippings and told me to put them in soil and let them root. I believe they are rooting.

I think I had that years ago. Wish I still did, it is cute.

Betsy, was it running wild in that person's yard? Except for the leaves being purple on the back, it looks like this:
Inch Plant (Callisia cordifolia)

I'm not sure it's a plant I've seen before.

I wonder if @Averixus might have some additional thoughts?

purpleinopp said: Betsy, was it running wild in that person's yard? Except for the leaves being purple on the back, it looks like this:
Inch Plant (Callisia cordifolia)

I'm not sure it's a plant I've seen before.

I wonder if @Averixus might have some additional thoughts?

Sorry for my lateness! I'm pretty sure this plant is Inch Plant (Callisia repens). C. cordifolia is somewhat larger, and also a lot less common in cultivation (although C. repens often circulates mislabelled as C. cordifolia ).