Tradescantia crassula, common names succulent spiderwort[1] and white-flowered tradescantia,[2] is a species of plants in the Commelinaceae.[3] It is native to southeastern Brazil, Uruguay, and the Misiones Province of Argentina,[4] and has been introduced to Florida.[5] It flowers in May in Florida, and can be found under Oak Trees.
The plants stem is 3 feet (0.91 m) long, usually green, but sometimes purple in color. Its leaves are 4–9 inches (100–230 mm) long. When first described in 1828, the native range of the plant was unknown.[2]
^USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tradescantia crassula". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
^ abCurtis, William; Curtis, Samuel; Hooker, Joseph-Dalton; Hooker, William Jackson; Sims, John (1829-01-01). The Botanical Magazine: Or, Flower Garden Displayed Etc. Couchman. p. 2935.
^"Tradescantia crassula". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
^Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^Committee, Flora of North America Editorial (2000-03-23). Flora of North America: North of Mexico Volume 22: Magnoliophyta: Alismatidae, Arecidae, Commelinidae(in Part), and Zingiberidae. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 186. ISBN 9780195137293.
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