Help identify this plant please

[Megatron's Mom]

Ok so google so far says it's either Wandering Jew, Asiatic Dayflower, Spiderwart day lily and so many more.

It's not in the area for the tortoises but if it is a safe plant I may go ahead and move some there. It's over growing all over my front flower beds and not by choice. I keep mowing the sucker down.

 

[COmtnLady]

I don't think it is Wandering Jew, my green ones similar to that have shorter leaves. They're the same general shape, but the leaves are only an inch or inch-and-a-half long.

 

[Danajmc]

Erba miseria asiatica, Commelina comune, Deutsch: Gewöhnliche Tagblume
English: Asiatic dayflower
Español: Canutillo de Cuba, Asango del Japon
Français: Comméline comune

this is the closest I eyeball...

 

[Danajmc]

May be...

https://flic.kr/p/9i4FFK

 

[Megatron's Mom]

Erba miseria asiatica, Commelina comune, Deutsch: Gewöhnliche Tagblume
English: Asiatic dayflower
Español: Canutillo de Cuba, Asango del Japon
Français: Comméline comune

this is the closest I eyeball...

Thanks, I think once that little flower actually blooms I may be able to get a better google search.

 

[Len B]

Wandering Jew, I just went out in the rain to pinch a piece off of one growing in a pot outback.The little bloom has already closed and is going to seed.

 

[zovick]

Thanks, I think once that little flower actually blooms I may be able to get a better google search.

Not sure what it is, but there are lots of them in my yard in GA. Don't know if my tortoises ever ate them or not, although I never tried to remove those plants from my premises.

However, I can't recall ever seeing a tortoise eating that particular plant. Are yours interested in eating them or have you not given them the opportunity yet?

 

[Len B]

Thanks, I think once that little flower actually blooms I may be able to get a better google search.

That's about all the bloom your going to get.

 

[Megatron's Mom]

Not sure what it is, but there are lots of them in my yard in GA. Don't know if my tortoises ever ate them or not, although I never tried to remove those plants from my premises.

However, I can't recall ever seeing a tortoise eating that particular plant. Are yours interested in eating them or have you not given them the opportunity yet?

It's not in the tortoise yard. Instead it over takes my flower bed. That is almost the only thing growing in there now. If it was safe for them them to eat I might dig it up to give it to them. But it is sounding like they wouldn't be interested in it anyway.

 

[Megatron's Mom]

That's about all the bloom your going to get.

Ah, well I'm glad you were able to figure out what it is. Darn thing drives me nuts.

 

[COmtnLady]

May be...

https://flic.kr/p/9i4FFK

I retract what I just said. The pic in post #4 is Wandering Jew.

 

[zovick]

It's not in the tortoise yard. Instead it over takes my flower bed. That is almost the only thing growing in there now. If it was safe for them them to eat I might dig it up to give it to them. But it is sounding like they wouldn't be interested in it anyway.

Well, FWIW, the Tortoise Table says Wandering Jew can be fed "in moderation". So you might have a source of free food if you wanted to feed it once or twice a week or something like that.

The tortoises might not even like it, though. That would be the next question in my mind.

Here is the info from the Tortoise Table:

• Common Name: Wandering Jew (Spiderwort)
• Latin Name: Tradescantia fluminensis; Tradescantia zebrina; Zebrina pendula; syn. Setcreasea, esp. Setcreasea pallida
• Family Name: Commelinaceae

Tradescantia is labelled on some lists as 'mildly toxic' (can cause dermatitis) and on other lists as safe. As the dermatitis affects humans, we don't feel that there is a significant danger with this plant and so it can be offered to your tortoise, but in moderation and as part of a wider, varied diet.

 

[Megatron's Mom]

Well, FWIW, the Tortoise Table says Wandering Jew can be fed "in moderation". So you might have a source of free food if you wanted to feed it once or twice a week or something like that.

The tortoises might not even like it, though. That would be the next question in my mind.

I might try to feed them some. The hard part is remembering the stuff in the front yard lol.

 

[Danajmc]

Well, FWIW, the Tortoise Table says Wandering Jew can be fed "in moderation". So you might have a source of free food if you wanted to feed it once or twice a week or something like that.

The tortoises might not even like it, though. That would be the next question in my mind.

Here is the info from the Tortoise Table:

• Common Name: Wandering Jew (Spiderwort)
• Latin Name: Tradescantia fluminensis; Tradescantia zebrina; Zebrina pendula; syn. Setcreasea, esp. Setcreasea pallida
• Family Name: Commelinaceae

Tradescantia is labelled on some lists as 'mildly toxic' (can cause dermatitis) and on other lists as safe. As the dermatitis affects humans, we don't feel that there is a significant danger with this plant and so it can be offered to your tortoise, but in moderation and as part of a wider, varied diet.

Question?

Talking plant that eggrvt hunsns..

Can a tortise get stung by a nettle or thistle,
Clyde walked into nettles the other day and he went nutts🤯🤯

 

[Danajmc]

Question?

Talking plant that eggrvt hunsns..

Can a tortise get stung by a nettle or thistle,
Clyde walked into nettles the other day and he went nutts🤯🤯

Sorry I'm tiered

*EFFECT HUMANS 😵‍💫

 

[COmtnLady]

Here is a topic from here talking about Wandering Jew, but its important to get a definite I.D. (It makes my cats throw up when they eat it. Mostly they stay away from it though... but cats aren't reptiles - it might be bad for torts for all I know.) Maybe you could take a sprig of it to a local greenhouse or flower club to be certain.

Wandering Jew

I was "wandering" if torts can eat wandering jew? I didn't get a response to my herb question..can they eat most herbs? I have basil, mint, dill, parsley, cilantro and thyme growing right now. My little guy seems to eat just about everything I have offered him so far. Trying to give a variety...

tortoiseforum.org