PLANTS Profile for Tradescantia subaspera (zigzag spiderwort)

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PLANTS Profile

Tradescantia subaspera Ker Gawl.
zigzag spiderwort

Symbol:

TRSU2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Commelinaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Tradescantia subaspera Ker Gawl.

©Thomas G. Barnes. Barnes, T.G., and S.W. Francis. 2004. Wildflowers and ferns of Kentucky. University Press of Kentucky. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Tradescantia subaspera Ker Gawl.

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Distribution:
Tradescantia subaspera Ker Gawl.


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Related Taxa:
Tradescantia subaspera Ker Gawl.

View 10 genera in Commelinaceae, 33 species in Tradescantia or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Tradescantia subaspera Ker Gawl. var. montana (Shuttlw. ex Britton) E.S. Anderson & Woodson. . Image Available.

Tradescantia subaspera var. montana
zigzag spiderwort

Distribution of Tradescantia subaspera Ker Gawl. var. subaspera. . Image Available.

Tradescantia subaspera var. subaspera
zigzag spiderwort

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Tradescantia subaspera Ker Gawl.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Commelinales
Family	Commelinaceae – Spiderwort family
Genus	Tradescantia L. – spiderwort
Species	Tradescantia subaspera Ker Gawl. – zigzag spiderwort

More Accounts and Images:
Tradescantia subaspera Ker Gawl.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 39176.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 05:54 AM CDT