Tradescantia bracteata
| Tradescantia bracteata | |
|---|---|
.jpg)
| |
| Tradescantia bracteata | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Commelinales |
| Family: | Commelinaceae |
| Subfamily: | Commelinoideae |
| Tribe: | Tradescantieae |
| Subtribe: | Tradescantiinae |
| Genus: | Tradescantia |
| Species: | T. bracteata
|
| Binomial name | |
| Tradescantia bracteata | |
Tradescantia bracteata, the longbract spiderwort,[1] or prairie spiderwort, is a species of Tradescantia. It is native to the northern and central Great Plains and Mississippi Valley regions of the United States, from Arkansas and Oklahoma north to Minnesota and Montana, with a few isolated populations farther east.[2][3] It is grown for its purple flowers. It blooms from May to July in the US.[4]
References
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tradescantia bracteata". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ "Tradescantia bracteata". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ "Tradescantia bracteata". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
- ^ Gardening Help, Missouri Botanical Garden
_at_Gandipet,_Hyderabad,_AP_W_IMG_9005.jpg){kind=small} | This Commelinales-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |