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Tradescantia occidentalis var. occidentalis

Tradescantia occidentalis (Britton) Smyth var. occidentalis

Prairie Spiderwort

Commelinaceae (Spiderwort family)

Synonym(s): Tradescantia occidentalis var. typica

USDA Symbol: TROCO

USDA Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Biennial
Habit: Herb
Fruit Type: Capsule
Size Notes: Up to about 3 feet tall.

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: Pink , Blue , Purple
Bloom Time: Mar , Apr , May , Jun , Jul

Distribution

USA: AR , AZ , CO , IA , KS , LA , MN , MT , ND , NE , NJ , NM , NY , OK , SD , TX , UT , WI , WY
Canada: AB , MB , SK
Native Habitat: Prairies, plains, fields, thickets, woods, roadsides and along railroads, mostly in sandy or rocky soils.

Web Reference

Webref 3 - Flora of North America (2014) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Webref 23 - Southwest Environmental Information Network (2009) SEINet - Arizona Chapter

Additional resources

USDA: Find Tradescantia occidentalis var. occidentalis in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Tradescantia occidentalis var. occidentalis in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Tradescantia occidentalis var. occidentalis

Metadata

Record Modified: 2020-10-29
Research By: CBR

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