Zigzag Spiderwort
Scientific Name: Tradescantia subaspera
Course, summer-blooming perennial, often in clumps, in densely shaded areas. Stems zigzag. Leaves wider than other spiderworts. Flowers bloom during the morning and close later in the day.
Zigzag Spiderwort
Scientific Name: Tradescantia subaspera
Zigzag Spiderwort
| Genus species: | Tradescantia subaspera | |||||||||||
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| Common Name: | Zigzag Spiderwort | |||||||||||
| Family Name: | Commelinaceae 
Annual or perennial herbs; leaves alternate, simple, tapering to sheathing bases; flowers bisexual, regular or irregular, in various clusters, opening for only several hours; fruit a capsule. | |||||||||||
| Seed Type: | Angiosperm | |||||||||||
| Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods. * Definitions based on the USDA terminology |
Native | |||||||||||
| Category: | Wildflower | |||||||||||
| Flower Color: | Violet/Blue | |||||||||||
| CNC Habitat: | Krippendorf Arboretum Backyard Habitat Herb Wall | |||||||||||
| Identified by: | A. Swanson | |||||||||||
| Months in Bloom: The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicates the month(s) the plant has been observed blooming. | ||||||||||||
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