Commelinaceae
Trans-Pecos spiderwort
Tradescantia brevifolia
- Family
- Commelinaceae
- Genus
- Tradescantia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Trans-Pecos spiderwort
Synonyms
- Neotreleasea brevifolia Rose
- Setcreasea brevifolia Rose
- Setcreasea ovata (J.M.Coult.) Faruqi, Celarier & K.L.Mehra
- Tradescantia leiandra var. brevifolia Torr.
- Tradescantia leiandra var. ovata J.M.Coult.
- Treleasea brevifolia Rose
- Zebrina leiandra C.B.Clarke
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.