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Ernest's Spiderwort

Tradescantia ernestiana

Field notes

Tradescantia ernestiana, commonly called Ernest's Spiderwort, is a species of plant in the dayflower family that is native mainly to the interior highlands of the United States with a disjunct population in Alabama. The plant is also found in Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri, and Oklahoma.

It is a perennial that produces purple or blue flowers in the spring on herbaceous stems.

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Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

From USDA PLANTS.