Commelinaceae
Zigzag spiderwort
Tradescantia subaspera
- Family
- Commelinaceae
- Genus
- Tradescantia
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Tradescantia subasperaCommelinaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Zigzag spiderwort, Wide-leaved spiderwort
Synonyms
- Tradescantia axillaris f. subaspera (Ker Gawl.) Raf.
- Tradescantia subaspera var. typica E.S.Anderson & Woodson
- Tradescantia virginiana var. pilosa (Lehm.) C.B.Clarke
- Tradescantia virginica var. pilosa (Lehm.) C.B.Clarke
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.