Commelinaceae
Virginia spiderwort
Tradescantia virginiana
- Family
- Commelinaceae
- Genus
- Tradescantia
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Common names
By language (12)
- Belarusian
- Традэсканцыя віргінская
- Chinese
- 毛萼紫露草, 北美紫露草, 无毛紫露草
- Czech
- Podeňka virginská
- Dutch
- Eendagsbloem
- English
- Virginia spiderwort
- Estonian
- Virgiinia tradeskantsia
- German
- Virginische Dreimasterblume
- Persian
- ترادسکانتیا ویرجینیانا
- Russian
- Традесканция виргинская
- Swedish
- Tremastarblomma
- Turkish
- Telgraf Çiçeği, Karasevda
- Welsh
- Llysiau`r pryf copyn, Llysiau‘r pryf copyn
Synonyms
- Ephemerum congestum Moench
- Knowlesia spicata (Knowles & Westc.) Hassk.
- Leiandra divaricata (Raf.) Raf.
- Tradescantia albida Herb.Kunth ex C.B.Clarke
- Tradescantia axillaris Raf.
- Tradescantia axillaris var. flexuosa (Raf.) Raf.
- Tradescantia barbata Raf.
- Tradescantia brevicaulis Raf.
- Tradescantia caricifolia Hook.
- Tradescantia ciliata Hort.Berol. ex Kunth
- Tradescantia congesta Penny ex W.H.Baxter
- Tradescantia crinigera Nees
- Tradescantia cristata Walter
- Tradescantia divaricata Raf.
- Tradescantia elata G.Lodd.
- Tradescantia flexuosa Raf.
- Tradescantia glabra C.B.Clarke
- Tradescantia levigata Raf.
- Tradescantia lyonii Steud.
- Tradescantia pilosissima Fraser ex Schult.f.
- Tradescantia pumila Raf.
- Tradescantia rupestris Raf.
- Tradescantia speciosa Salisb.
- Tradescantia spicata Knowles & Westc.
- Tradescantia splendens K.Koch & C.D.Bouché
- Tradescantia trachyloma C.B.Clarke
- Tradescantia villosissima Fras. ex C.B.Clarke
- Tradescantia virginiana f. albiflora Britton
- Tradescantia virginiana f. virginiana
- Tradescantia virginiana var. flexuosa (Raf.) S.Watson
- Tradescantia virginica L.
- Tradescantia virginica f. albiflora Britton
- Tradescantia virginica var. drummondii C.B.Clarke
- Tradescantia virginica var. flexuosa (Raf.) S.Watson
- Tradescantia virginica var. glabra Nutt.
- Tradescantia virginica var. villosa S.Watson
Flowers
- Flower colour
- blue (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Daniel J. Layton, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Liebig, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rudolphous, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.