Plants to aid your environment

Never heard of "Wondering sailor"!

There is a trailing house plant which is known in this area as Wandering Sailor ( , Tradescantia zabrina )but the more I thought on it, I now know it wasn't that plant but a spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum) that cleaned the air of fumes released by the type of cavity wall insulation that was used in, I think the late eighties or nineties

My mum always called that Tradescantia, "Wandering Jew". Maybe someone was offended so they changed it? Whatever, it does seem to have a reputation for cleaning the air. It certainly attracts dust!

I have heard the name Wandering Jew,  but I have always known it as Wandering Sailor, possibly diffrent parts of the country had the diffrent names for it