#commelinaceae

[faguscarolinensis]

Tradescantia virginiana / Virginia Spiderwort

[faguscarolinensis]

Tradescantia virginiana / Virginia Spiderwort

[drhoz]

#3669 - Tradescantia fluminensis - Wandering Trad

AKA small-leaf spiderwort, river spiderwort, inch plant, speedy Henry, wandering willie, and wandering jew. The genus is named after John Tradescant (1570s – 1638), and his son John Tradescant the Younger (1608 – 1662), English gardeners, travellers, explorers and naturalists, who among other achievements opened the first public museum in the country, based on their own collection. The specific epithet fluminensis refers to those born in Rio de Janeiro, and the plant originated in South America.

It was then cultivated in many other parts of the world, and is considered a poisonous and noxious weed in many of them. It is resistent to herbicides, tolerates even heavy shade, and can regenerate from small fragments. It requires moist soil - in this case, the riverbanks of the Avon.

Christchurch, NZ.

[faguscarolinensis]

Tradescantia ohiensis / Smooth Spiderwort at the North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville, NC

[faguscarolinensis]

Commelina erecta / Slender Dayflower on Ocracoke, NC

[faguscarolinensis]

Tinantia pringlei / Spotted Widow's Tears at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC

[faguscarolinensis]

Commelina communis / Asiatic Dayflower at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC

[faguscarolinensis]

Commelina communis / Asiatic Dayflower on the American Tobacco Trail in Durham, NC