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White Flowered Wandering Jew

Learn about the White Flowered Wandering Jew plant native to South America, its distribution in Florida, identification, and various management strategies through cultural, mechanical, biological, and chemical methods.

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White Flowered Wandering Jew

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  1. White Flowered Wandering Jew Tradescantia fluminensis (Vell.) Commelinaceae

  2. Biology • Native to tropical South America • Introduced as an ornamental • Variable foliage types • Ease of propagation • Spread vegetatively thru stolon fragmentation and sexually from seeds • Member of the dayflower family

  3. Distribution & Impacts • Generally found in north central Florida, but also infestations throughout • Generally as a direct escape from cultivation • Category 1 exotic invasive (FLEPPC) • Floodplain forests and bottomlands, moist hammocks • Forms a dense groundcover • Smothers native understory vegetation

  4. White Flowered Wandering Jew Distribution in Florida

  5. Identification

  6. Mature Plant • Creeping, multi-branching, succulent plant • Perennial, vegetative reproduction from creeping stolons • Grows 1 to 2 feet in height

  7. Leaves • Alternate arrangement • Lanceolate shaped, 2 inches long • Slight pubescence • Parallel veination with prominent recessed midvein • Maybe tinged with purple

  8. Flowers • Flowers occur in small clusters at the tip of the stem • 3 petals • Fruit are small, 3 parted capsules • Seeds are black and pitted

  9. Management Preventative Cultural Mechanical Biological Chemical

  10. Preventative • Limit planting as an ornamental • Remove existing plants, including resprouts and before seeds are produced • Avoid mechanical disturbance in forested areas – logging, rouging, etc. where this plant is present • Spread from cut pieces

  11. Cultural • Alternative landscape plants to replace white flowered wandering jew • Programs to educate homeowners about the problems associated with this plant and proper identification • Maintain good ground cover and mixture of plant species to reduce establishment

  12. Biological • There are no known biological control agents available for white flowered wandering jew management in Florida or the southeastern U.S.

  13. Mechanical • Hand pull young seedlings, including all stolons, repeated pulling for resprouts • Mowing or cutting is ineffective, as the plant will regrow from stem cuttings –may actually spread the plant through fragmentation

  14. Chemical • Over-the-top applications of glyphosate at 2 to 3% solution or triclopyr at 1 to 2% solution plus 0.25% surfactant • Thoroughly wet leaves with herbicide • Retreatment will likely be necessary for complete eradication • Limited testing with other herbicides

  15. Useful Links • Floridata Homepage: http://www.floridata.com/main_fr.cfm?state=Welcome&viewsrc=welcome.htm • University of Florida Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants: http://aquat1.ifas.ufl.edu/welcome.html • The Plant Conservation Alliance's Alien Plant Working Group. Weeds Gone Wild: Alien Plant Invaders of Natural Areas: http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/index.htm

  16. Useful Links • Invasive Plants of the Eastern United States: http://www.invasive.org • USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Plants Database: http://plants.usda.gov • Global Invasive Species Database: http://www.issg.org

  17. Literature Cited Langeland, K.A. and K. Craddock Burks. 1998. Identification and Biology of Non-Native Plants in Florida's Natural Areas. IFAS Publication SP 257. University of Florida, Gainesville. 165 pp

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