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Grass Spiderworts
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Grass Spiderworts

Tradescantia

Tradescantia (/ˌtrædəˈskæntiə/) is a genus of 85 species of herbaceous perennial wildflowers in the family Commelinaceae, native to the Americas from southern Canada to northern Argentina, including the West Indies. Members of the genus are known by many common names, including inchplant, wandering jew, spiderwort, dayflower and trad.

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8 branches of this group, most-observed first

Tradescantia virginiana

complexTradescantia virginiana

pinewoods spiderwort

speciesTradescantia pinetorum

Edwards Plateau Spiderwort

speciesTradescantia pedicellata

Wright's Spiderwort

speciesTradescantia wrightii

Tradescantia cirrifera

speciesTradescantia cirrifera

Tradescantia gypsophila

speciesTradescantia gypsophila

Tradescantia monosperma

speciesTradescantia monosperma

Tradescantia stenophylla

speciesTradescantia stenophylla

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Grass Spiderworts in Berthe Hoola van Nooten — Fleurs, fruits et feuillages choisis de la flore et de la pomone de Java (1863)

Berthe Hoola van Nooten — Fleurs, fruits et feuillages choisis de la flore et de la pomone de Java (1863)

Berthe Hoola van Nooten · 1863 · p.27

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1374155.