Tradescantia fluminensis

Perennial glabrous herb; stems prostrate, often ascending at tips, rooting at nodes. Leaves ovate to narrow-ovate, 3–5.5 cm long, 1–2.5 cm wide, green above and below. Flowers pedicellate; sepals 5–7 mm long, green; petals broadly ovate to elliptic, 7–10 mm long, white; stamens free, filaments white, bearded, with numerous long, moniliform hairs attached at base of filament. (See genus description for further details). Flowers Sep.–Feb.