Tradescantia, commonly known as Wandering Jew, are some of the world’s most popular and commonly grown houseplants. The term Wandering Jew has been used for many years to refer to the family of plants called Tradescantia. To sum it up, there’s a lot of nasty historical baggage associated with this nickname, so we shouldn’t be using it anymore. The new nickname for Tradescantia is “Wandering Dude.”