Oyster Plant

Oyster Plant is a common name used for various flowering plants, including:

  • Tragopogon porrifolius (also called Purple Salsify)
  • Mertensia maritima
  • Tradescantia discolor Synonyms: Tradescantia spathacea, Rhoeo spathacea, Rhoeo discolor.

Family: Commelinaceae Common names: Oyster Herb, Oyster Plant, Daun Kepah, Nanas Kerang, Boatlily (Cây Lẻ Bạn, Lảo Bạn, Sò Huyết), Moses in a basket, Cradle Lily, Moses in His Cradle, Moses on a Raft, Moses in the Bulrushes, Men in a Boat, Moses-in-Cradle(Chinese): 蚌花

Famous quotes containing the words oyster and/or plant:

    I had rather be an oyster than a man, the most stupid and senseless of animals.
    George Berkeley (1685–1753)

    I please
    To plant some more dew-wet anemones
    That they may weep.
    —Unknown. The Thousand and One Nights.

    AWP. Anthology of World Poetry, An. Mark Van Doren, ed. (Rev. and enl. Ed., 1936)