Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Commelinales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tradescantia ohiensis
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Tradescantia from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tradescantia ohiensis
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Tradescantia ohiensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 038-03-004:
Tradescantia ohiensis FAMILY Commelinaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tradescantia foliosa
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tradescantia incarnata
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tradescantia reflexa
COMMON NAME:
Smooth Spiderwort, Ohio Spiderwort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_trre7_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm180505_1781
May Pike County GA
Camp Thunder VPA
Petals distinct, broadly ovate, not clawed, per Flora of North America.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_t_ohiensis_smooth
May
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JK Marlow jkm100611_042
June Stanly County NC
Morrow Mountain State Park
Pedicels, to 1" long, are without hairs, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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Bobbie L Holt blh2078_a
July Anderson County SC
Carolina Wild Native Plant Nursery
Plants distinctly glaucous, per Flora of North America.
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Keith Bradley kab_t_ohiensis_71284
October Miami-Dade County FL
Plants in the genus Tradescantia have 6 bearded fertile stamens, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Keith Bradley kab_t_ohiensis_71307
October Miami-Dade County FL
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Keith Bradley kab_t_ohiensis_71316
October Miami-Dade County FL
Plants in the family Commelinaceae have an undivided stigma and solitary style, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tradescantia ohiensis
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tradescantia ohiensis
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Tradescantia ohiensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 038-03-004:
Tradescantia ohiensis
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tradescantia foliosa
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tradescantia incarnata
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tradescantia reflexa
2078
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: woodlands and forests, alluvial bottoms, disturbed areas, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (partly because of naturalization from cultivation)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue/Rose
Radially symmetrical
3-merous
3 sepals
3 petals
6 fertile stamens (bearded)
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p271
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p050
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p188
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p120
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000) p46
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p419
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p201
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p159
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006) p002
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p373
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p343
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p395
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p005
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