Commelinaceae
Bluejacket
Tradescantia ohiensis
- Family
- Commelinaceae
- Genus
- Tradescantia
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 紫露草, 卷苞水竹草
- English
- Bluejacket, Ohio spiderwort, Smooth spiderwort, Spiderwort, Confederate spiderwort, Swamp spiderwort
- Japanese
- ムラサキツユクサ
- Korean
- 자주닭개비
Synonyms
- Tradescantella incarnata Small
- Tradescantia canaliculata Raf.
- Tradescantia canaliculata f. albiflora (A.D.Slavin & Nieuwl.) Deam
- Tradescantia canaliculata f. lesteri (Standl.) Deam
- Tradescantia canaliculata f. mariae (Standl.) Deam
- Tradescantia difformis Bush
- Tradescantia foliosa Small
- Tradescantia incarnata Small
- Tradescantia ohiensis f. pilosa Waterf.
- Tradescantia ohiensis var. foliosa (Small) MacRoberts
- Tradescantia ohiensis var. paludosa (E.S.Anderson & Woodson) MacRoberts
- Tradescantia paludosa E.S.Anderson & Woodson
- Tradescantia reflexa Raf.
- Tradescantia reflexa f. albiflora A.D.Slavin & Nieuwl.
- Tradescantia reflexa f. lesteri Standl.
- Tradescantia reflexa f. mariae Standl.
- Tradescantia reflexa var. eloiseana Farw.
- Tradescantia riparia Raf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Geoff Gallice from Gainesville, FL, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrew C, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: そらみみ, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, 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.