Commelinaceae
Buckley's spiderwort
Tradescantia buckleyi
- Family
- Commelinaceae
- Genus
- Tradescantia
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Tradescantia buckleyiCommelinaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Buckley's spiderwort
Synonyms
- Setcreasea brevifolia var. buckleyi (I.M.Johnst.) Faruqi & K.L.Mehra
- Setcreasea brevifolia var. nanella Faruqi & K.L.Mehra
- Setcreasea brevifolia var. pulchella Faruqi & K.L.Mehra
- Setcreasea buckleyi I.M.Johnst.
- Tradescantia speciosa Buckley
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
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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.