Phil Bendle Collection:Tradescantia virginiana (Virginia spiderwort): Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 16:14, 24 September 2019

Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Commelinaceae
Subfamily: Commelinoideae
Tribe: Tradescantieae
Subtribe: Tradescantiinae
Genus: Tradescantia
Species: Tradescantia virginiana
Synonym: Tradescantia virginica.
Common names: Virginia spiderwort, Lady's Tears, Spiderwort, Spider lily, Common spiderwort, Dayflower, Flower-of-a-day, Job’s tears, snake-grass, spider-lily, Trinity, Trinity-lily, Widow’s-tears

Tradescantia virginiana is a large, perennial, herbaceous, clump-forming plant that is native to North America. It was introduced to New Zealand as a garden plant and is now fully naturalised.
It has narrow, arching, bright-green, iris-like leaves on tubular stems that can be 0.5-1m tall. The leaves themselves are up to 30 cm long and 25 mm wide and are folded lengthwise forming a groove. If the stems are cut, a viscous stem secretion is released which becomes threadlike and silky upon hardening (like a spider's web), hence the common name.
It has three-petaled, hermaphrodite flowers which are up to 5 cm across. They are blue-violet in colour but occasionally are white. They have bright, yellow stamens. The flowers are borne in summer on a terminal cluster containing numerous flower buds. The flowers open only in the morning and later in the day they wilt and turn to a jelly-like fluid.

It can self-sow and become a nuisance in the garden and occasionally will escape into the wild. Tradescantia virginiana will hybridise in just about any combination.

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 '''Kingdom:''' Plantae<br />
-'''(unranked)''': Angiosperms<br />
+'''(unranked):''' Angiosperms<br />
 '''(unranked):''' Monocots<br />
-'''(unranked):''' Commelinids<br />
+'''(unranked)''': Commelinids<br />
-'''Order''': Commelinales<br />
+'''Order:''' Commelinales<br />
-'''Family:''' Commelinaceae (Dayflower family)<br />
+'''Family:''' Commelinaceae<br />
 '''Subfamily:''' Commelinoideae<br />
 '''Tribe:''' Tradescantieae<br />
 '''Subtribe:''' Tradescantiinae<br />
 '''Genus''': Tradescantia<br />
-'''Section''': Tradescantia<br />
+'''Species''': Tradescantia virginiana<br />
-'''Series:''' Virginianae<br />
+'''Synonym:''' Tradescantia virginica.<br />
-'''Species:''' T. virginiana<br />
+'''Common names''': Virginia spiderwort, Lady's Tears, Spiderwort, Spider lily, Common spiderwort, Dayflower, Flower-of-a-day, Job’s tears, snake-grass, spider-lily, Trinity, Trinity-lily, Widow’s-tears
-'''Binomial name:''' Tradescantia virginiana<br />
-'''Common name:''' Virginia spiderwort
-Tradescantia virginiana is the type species of Tradescantia (spiderwort) native to the eastern United States. Spiderwort is commonly grown in gardens. <br />
+Tradescantia virginiana is a large, perennial, herbaceous, clump-forming plant that is native to North America. It was introduced to New Zealand as a garden plant and is now fully naturalised.<br />
-Tradescantia virginiana is a herbaceous plant with alternate, simple leaves, on tubular stems. The dark green or olive green leaf blades are 130–370 mm in length and are lance-shaped; widest below the middle and tapering at both ends.<br />
+It has narrow, arching, bright-green, iris-like leaves on tubular stems that can be 0.5-1m tall. The leaves themselves are up to 30 cm long and 25 mm wide and are folded lengthwise forming a groove. If the stems are cut, a viscous stem secretion is released which becomes threadlike and silky upon hardening (like a spider's web), hence the common name.<br />
-During late spring to mid-summer flowers grow out of the axil (a point where a branch or leaf is attached to the main stem. The flowers can be blue, purple, or white. Each petal is 12-20 mm in length. Toward the flower’s centre, there are 6 yellow stamens and many spidery hairs. The flowers open in the morning and close at night.<br />
+It has three-petaled, hermaphrodite flowers which are up to 5 cm across. They are blue-violet in colour but occasionally are white. They have bright, yellow stamens. The flowers are borne in summer on a terminal cluster containing numerous flower buds. The flowers open only in the morning and later in the day they wilt and turn to a jelly-like fluid.
-The fruit is a &gt;7mm long capsule that when it dries splits releasing 3-6 oval to oblong, brown seeds.<br />
-The plant's root system is fleshy and fibrous and can produce occasional offshoots nearby.
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-Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
+It can self-sow and become a nuisance in the garden and occasionally will escape into the wild. Tradescantia virginiana will hybridise in just about any combination.
+[[File:Virginia spiderwort 2.jpg|frameless|upright 2.25]]
+[[File:Virginia spiderwort.jpg|frameless|upright 2.25]]
+[[File:Virginia spiderwort 2 .JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]]<br />
+Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information:
+[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/%20 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/]
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