Spiderwort Tapestries

Wikipedia: "Tradescantia pallida is a species of spiderwort (a genus of New World plants) more commonly known as wandering jew, a name it shares with the closely related species T. fluminensis and T. zebrina. Other common names include purple secretia, purple-heart, and purple queen. It is native to the Gulf Coast region of eastern Mexico. Edward Palmer was the first European to observe and assign a Latin name to the type specimen near Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas in 1907. (Based on an 1829 Tradescantia watercolour illustration by G. Loddiges)

The misty grunge effect gives a mysterious glow to this purple altar cloth, deepening the look of a floral wreath with a collected aesthetic -- it's made from original photos, watercolor graphics, and clips from out-of-copyright astrology manuals and jewelry catalogs.

Grass (Small leaf spiderwort) texture background

A trio of plants. A trio of love.

An illustration of a Tradescantia zebrina from the 19th century.

An illustration of a Tradescantia zebrina from the 19th century.