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Wandering Jew
Tradescantia zebrina
A traditional common name for several trailing tradescantias from Latin America, prized as easy houseplants with vivid purple or silver striped leaves.
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Table of contents
| Wandering Jew | Water Hyacinth | Wax Plant | Witch Hazel |
List of Plants That Start With W
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Water Hyacinth
Eichhornia crassipes
A South American floating aquatic plant with bulbous leaf bases and spikes of lavender flowers, beautiful but among the worlds most damaging invasive weeds.
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Wax Plant
Hoya carnosa
A common name for hoyas, tropical Asian vines whose waxy succulent leaves and fragrant porcelain-like flower clusters have made them beloved houseplants.
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Witch Hazel
Hamamelis virginiana
A North American deciduous shrub famous for ribbon-like fragrant winter flowers and its bark extract used in skincare and folk medicine.
About plants starting with W
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