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plantladylin

Nov 28, 2012 12:35 PM CST

Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

Paul: "Wandering Jew" is the common name for a few different Tradescantia plants. I'm not sure of the origination as a common name for the plant, it's been called "Wandering Jew" for a long, long time so I'm sure you have not offended anyone!

I decided to google the name to see what popped up:

http://www.jewishencyclopedia....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W...)

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