Tradescantia ernestiana

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 disjunct population in Alabama.^[2]

It is a perennial that produces purple or blue flowers in the spring on herbaceous stems.^[3]

References[]

^ "Tradescantia ernestiana". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
^ "Tradescantia ernestiana". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2020.
^ "Tradescantia ernestiana". Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Retrieved 29 March 2020.

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[1] "Tradescantia ernestiana". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. 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] "Tradescantia ernestiana". Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Retrieved 29 March 2020.

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