Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Commelinales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Tradescantia ohiensis
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
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
(?)
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 jkm200425_4217
April Greenville County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Leaves 6-20mm wide (narrower than opened flattened sheath). Sheaths glabrous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm200428_4366
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Flowers in tight clusters within a pair of arching leaflike bracts, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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JK Marlow jkm200428_4369
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Leaves 5-45 cm long, arcing, at an acute angle to the stem, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm200428_4425
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Sepals are hairless or have an occasional tuft, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm200428_4428
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Plants distinctly glaucous, per Flora of North America.
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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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JK Marlow jkm200508_4690
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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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.
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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.
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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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
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
(?)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Tradescantia reflexa
2078
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (partly because of naturalization from cultivation)
Look for it in woodlands & forests, alluvial bottoms, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Moist
...Variable
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue/Rose
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
3-merous
3 sepals
3 petals
6 fertile stamens (bearded)
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p271
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p050
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p188
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p120
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops p46
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p419
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p201
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p159
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest p002
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p343
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p395
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p005