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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Tradescantia from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Commelinales
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 (1968) 038-03-004:
Tradescantia ohiensis
FAMILY
Commelinaceae
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Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
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
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JK Marlow jkm180504_428
May Meriwether-Talbot Counties GA
Sprewell Bluff WMA
Plants distinctly glaucous, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm180505_1781
May Pike County GA
Camp Thunder VPA
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JK Marlow jkm180505_1782
May Pike County GA
Camp Thunder VPA
Leaves 5-45 cm long, arcing, at an acute angle to the stem, per Weakley's Flora.
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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
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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Patrick D. McMillan pdmtohiensis_0
May-June?
Leaves 5-45cm, arcuate [arched], forming acute angle with stem, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm060603_015b
June Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Sepals hairless and red-margined, per Wildflowers in the Field and Forest.
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JK Marlow jkm060603_017
June Pickens 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 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
Petals distinct, broadly ovate, not clawed; stamens free; filaments bearded, per Flora of North America.
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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.