OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Commelinales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tradescantia ohiensis   FAMILY Commelinaceae   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Tradescantia ohiensis, Smooth Spiderwort, Ohio Spiderwort

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_trre7_001_lvd

        

image of Tradescantia ohiensis, Smooth Spiderwort, Ohio Spiderwort

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        

image of Tradescantia ohiensis, Smooth Spiderwort, Ohio Spiderwort

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).

image of Tradescantia ohiensis, Smooth Spiderwort, Ohio Spiderwort

Bobbie L Holt    blh2078_a

July    Anderson County    SC

Carolina Wild Native Plant Nursery

Plants distinctly glaucous, per Flora of North America.

image of Tradescantia ohiensis, Smooth Spiderwort, Ohio Spiderwort

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).

image of Tradescantia ohiensis, Smooth Spiderwort, Ohio Spiderwort

Keith Bradley    kab_t_ohiensis_71307

October    Miami-Dade County    FL

image of Tradescantia ohiensis, Smooth Spiderwort, Ohio Spiderwort

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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)

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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

 

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