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Home  /  Plants  /  Budburst Species  /  Tradescantia virginiana
Phenology Observation Sheet for Wildflowers and Herbs

COMMON NAME

Virginia spiderwort

SCIENTIFIC NAME

Tradescantia virginiana

Plant family

Spiderwort (Commelinaceae)

Plant group

Wildflowers and Herbs

Dark arching, green, lanceolate, shiny leaves with a distinct rib running the length of the leaf. Flowers are violet-blue to purple with three petals and bright yellow stamens.
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Identification hints

Growing 1.5 to 3 feet tall and 1 to 1.5 feet wide blooming in May to July on wooded slopes and shaded bluffs.
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Named for a secretion that becomes silky and thready when dry like a spider web.
DISTRIBUTION IN TH U.S.
Alabama , Arkansas , Connecticut , Delaware , Georgia , Iowa , Illinois , Indiana , Kentucky , Maryland , Maine , Michigan , Minnesota , Missouri , Mississippi , North Carolina , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New York , Ohio , Pennsylvania , Rhode Island , South Carolina , Tennessee , Virginia , Vermont , West Virginia
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