Tradescantia virginiana

Tradescantia virginiana
Open flower with a Toxomerus hoverfly feeding
Open flower with a Toxomerus sp. hoverfly feeding
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Clade:Commelinids
Order:Commelinales
Family:Commelinaceae
Genus:Tradescantia
Species: T. virginiana
Binomial name
Tradescantia virginiana

Tradescantia virginiana, the Virginia spiderwort,[1] is the type species of Tradescantia (spiderwort) native to the eastern United States. Spiderwort is commonly grown in gardens and many garden spiderworts seem to be hybrids of T. virginiana and other Tradescantia species.[2]

Description

Tradescantia virginiana is a herbaceous plant with alternate, simple leaves, on tubular stems. The flowers are blue, purple, or white, borne in summer.

Cultivation

Tradescantia virginiana is a perennial forb/herb. It likes most moist soils but can adapt to drier garden soils. Plants may be propagated from seed but they are more easily started from cuttings or divisions.

Range

Tradescantia virginiana is found in eastern North America, west to Missouri, south to northern South Carolina and Alabama, and north to Ontario, Vermont, and Michigan. Much of the northern range, however, may represent garden escapes rather than indigenous wild populations.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Tradescantia virginiana". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "3. Tradescantia Linnaeus". Flora of North America.
  3. ↑ "9. Tradescantia virginiana Linnaeus". Flora of North America.


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