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

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'''Kingdom:''' Plantae<br />
'''Kingdom:''' Plantae<br />
'''(unranked)''': Angiosperms<br />
'''(unranked):''' Angiosperms<br />
'''(unranked):''' Monocots<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 />
'''Subfamily:''' Commelinoideae<br />
'''Tribe:''' Tradescantieae<br />
'''Tribe:''' Tradescantieae<br />
'''Subtribe:''' Tradescantiinae<br />
'''Subtribe:''' Tradescantiinae<br />
'''Genus''': Tradescantia<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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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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Latest revision as of 17:14, 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.

Virginia spiderwort 2.jpg  

Virginia spiderwort.jpg

Virginia spiderwort 2 .JPG


Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information:

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/