Tradescantia ernestiana information

Tradescantia ernestiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Commelinales
Family:	Commelinaceae
Genus:	Tradescantia
Species:	T. ernestiana
Binomial name
	Tradescantia ernestiana; (E.S. Anderson & Woodson)

Tradescantia ernestiana, commonly called Ernest's Spiderwort,^[1] is a species of plant in the dayflower family that is native mainly to the interior highlands of the United States with a distinct population in Alabama.^[2] The plant is also found in Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri, and Oklahoma.^[3]

It is a perennial that produces purple or blue flowers in the spring on herbaceous stems.^[4]

^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tradescantia ernestiana". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
^ "Tradescantia ernestiana". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2020.
^ "Know Your Natives – Ernest's Spidewort". Arkansas Native Plant Society. Archived from the original on February 18, 2021. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
^ "Tradescantia ernestiana". Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Retrieved 29 March 2020.

[1] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tradescantia ernestiana". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 29 March 2020.

[2] "Tradescantia ernestiana". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2020.

[3] "Know Your Natives – Ernest's Spidewort". Arkansas Native Plant Society. Archived from the original on February 18, 2021. Retrieved April 9, 2022.

[4] "Tradescantia ernestiana". Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Retrieved 29 March 2020.