Tradescantia virginiana
Widow's Tears, Tradescantia andersoniana, Virginia Spiderwort ...
Tradescantia virginiana
Spiderwort flowers open in the morning, then wilt and turn to mush in the afternoon.
Tradescantia virginiana (Commelinaceae) -- These large (2/3 ft tall) plants are more often seen in gardens. The word "wort" in the name refers to the old english word for "plant".
Tradescantia virginiana
Tradescantia congesta, Tradescantia speciosa, Ephemerum congestum
Commelinaceae ...
Ladys Tears [English]: Tradescantia virginiana
Ladys Tears [English]: Tradescantia x andersoniana 'Blushing Bride'
Ladys Torch Daylily [English]: Hemerocallis 'Lady's Torch'
Ladysthumb [English]: Polygonum persicaria ...
Cultivars are usually hybrids of species native to North America, usually with Tradescantia virginiana as one parent. This perennial can spread liberally underground and invade nearby plants.
This genus was named by Linnaeus for John Tradescant, traveler and gardener, considered to be the founder of British gardening. (More biographical information.) This species was first named Tradescantia virginiana variety occidentalis by Britton in ...
All of the cultivars included in the Andersoniana Group of Tradescantia were created in gardens by cross-pollinating between and among Tradescantia virginiana, T. ohiensis, T. subaspera.
Tradescantia fluminensis (Wandering Jew)
Tradescantia navicularis (Chain Plant)
Tradescantia sillamontana (White Velvet)
Tradescantia virginiana (Virginia Spiderwort)
Tradescantia zebrina (Wandering Jew) ...
Monarda species Bee Balm
Myosotis sylvatica Forget-me-not
Osmunda regalis Royal Fern *
Physostegia virginiana Obedient Plant
Primula species Primrose
Tradescantia virginiana Spiderwort
Zantedeschia aethiopeca Calla * ...
Tradescantia virginiana
Trillium grandiflorum (wake robin)
Tritonia crocata
Trollius europaeus (globe flower)
Tulipa (tulips)
Verbascum thapsus (mullein)
Verbena
Viola odorata (violet)
Xerochrysum bracteatum (everlasting flower) ...
Tradescantia virginiana [Spiderwort] Common Name List
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Tulipa spp. [Tulip] Common Name List
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Verbena bonariensis [Verbena; Brazilian Verbena] Common Name List
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 See also: Tradescantia, Spiderwort, May, Pink, Grass
  
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