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Tradescantia virginiana L.
Virginia spiderwort

       
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Photo of Tradescantia virginiana L.
Jennifer Anderson. United States, IA, Scott Co., Davenport, Nahant Marsh. 2002. Usage Requirements.
 
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Tradescantia virginiana L.

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Synonyms:
Tradescantia virginiana L.

  EPCO5 Ephemerum congestum Moench
  TRBR8 Tradescantia brevicaulis Raf.
  TRCO12 Tradescantia congesta (Moench) D. Don
  TRRU6 Tradescantia rupestris Raf.
  TRSP7 Tradescantia speciosa Salisb.
  TRVIA Tradescantia virginiana L. var. alba Hook. ex Raf.
  TRVIB Tradescantia virginiana L. var. barbata Raf.
 

Distribution:
Tradescantia virginiana L.

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AL, AR, CA, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WV), CAN (ON)
 

Related Taxa:
Tradescantia virginiana L.

View 9 genera in Commelinaceae, 33 species in Tradescantia
 

Classification:
Tradescantia virginiana L.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass Commelinidae
Order Commelinales
Family Commelinaceae – Spiderwort family
Genus Tradescantia L. – spiderwort
Species Tradescantia virginiana L. – Virginia spiderwort
 

Introduced Information:
Tradescantia virginiana L.

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Tradescantia virginiana L.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
UPL,FAC+ FACU FAC+ UPL NO NI NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Tradescantia virginiana L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 39178.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 

Related Web Sites:
Tradescantia virginiana L.

CT-Connecticut Botanical Society

Canada-Canada's Plant Species

DE-Delaware Wildflowers

KY-Wildflowers of Western Kentucky

MI-Ornamental Plants (Michigan State University Extension)

MO-MBG Plant Finder

OR-Landscape Plants (OSU Horticulture)

TN-Vanderbilt Bioimages

 
 
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