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Tradescantia buckleyi, commonly known as Buckley's spiderwort, [7] is a species of flowering plant in the dayflower family, Commelinaceae. It is native to southern Texas in the United States as well as northern Tamaulipas in Mexico. [8] The specific name honours Samuel Botsford Buckley (1809-1884), who collected the type specimen near Corpus ...
Members of the genus are known by many common names, including inchplant, wandering jew, spiderwort, [6] dayflower and trad. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Tradescantia grow 30–60 cm tall (1–2 ft), and are commonly found individually or in clumps in wooded areas and open fields.
Tradescantia humilis, the Texas spiderwort, [1] is a species of Tradescantia native to Texas and southern Oklahoma. [2] [3] [4] It was named after John Tradescant (1608–1662) who served as gardener to Charles I of England. [5] It was described by US botanist Joseph Nelson Rose in 1899. [2]
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Tradescantia virginiana, the Virginia spiderwort, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Commelinaceae (the spiderwort family). It is the type species of the genus Tradescantia, native to the eastern United States. Common names include Virginia spiderwort, common spiderwort, lady’s tears, and spider lily. [3]
Winter robs nature of its luster, chilling trees and withering flowers, but one frigid plant recently caught a lot of attention when it suddenly bloomed, Texas video shows.
So, what are bluebonnets and where did they come from? The purple blooms are the pride of Texas, adopted by the 27th Texas Legislature as the state flower on March 7, 1901. Bluebonnets get their ...
Commelinaceae is a family of flowering plants.In less formal contexts, the group is referred to as the dayflower family or spiderwort family.It is one of five families in the order Commelinales and by far the largest of these with about 731 known species in 41 genera. [2]