Virginia Spiderwort
Scientific Name: Tradescantia virginiana
Flowers in May, blooming during the morning and closing later in the day.
Virginia Spiderwort
Scientific Name: Tradescantia virginiana
Virginia Spiderwort
| Genus species: | Tradescantia virginiana | |||||||||||
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| Common Name: | Virginia 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 | |||||||||||
| 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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