Commelinaceae FAMILY

Tradescantia virginiana

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Tradescantia virginiana is an erect or ascending, herbaceous perennial plant, rarely rooting at the lower nodes. The plant spreads by means of underground stems or stolons and can form large colonies. Stems 5 - 35cm long are produced from the fleshy rootstock[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. , 277 Title Plants Database Publication Author Website http://plants.usda.gov/java/factSheet Publisher United States Department of Agriculture Year 0 ISBN Description An online database with an excellent collection of fact sheets about native N. American plants. , 352 Title KemperCentreForHomeGardeningPlantFinder Publication Author Website http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 0 ISBN Description Basic cultivation details, plant uses, habitat etc for several thousand species of plants, mainly from the temperate zone. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine. It is often grown as an ornamental in gardens.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEastern N. America - Wisconsin to southern Onario and Maine south toOklahoma, south to Oklahoma, northern Georgia and south Carolina

HabitatWoods, scrub, meadows and roadsides[ 43 Title Gray's Manual of Botany.Eighth Edition Publication Author Fernald. M. L. Publisher American Book Co.; New York Year 1950 ISBN 0442222505 Description A bit dated but a good and concise flora of the eastern part of N. America. , 187 Title Perennials. Volumes 1 and 2. Publication Author Phillips. R. & Rix. M. Publisher Pan Books Year 1991 ISBN 0-330-30936-9 Description Photographs of over 3,000 species and cultivars of ornamental plants together with brief cultivation notes, details of habitat etc. ]. Woods, thickets, fields, roadsides and railroad rights-of-way[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].