Tradescantia Zebrina Pendulla, a native to Mexico, is a very popular trailing plant. It is commonly grown as a groundcover that roots at the nodes as stems spread along the ground. Stems are clad with fleshy, pointed, stem-clasping, oval leaves that are blue-green with two broad silvery longitudinal stripes above and solid purple underneath. Tiny, three-petaled, lavender-purple flowers appear sporadically throughout the year on plants grown in the native habitat, but flowers rarely appear on indoor plants.