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'''''Tradescantia virginiana''''' ('''Virginia spiderwort''') is a species of ''[[Tradescantia]]'' (spiderwort) native to the eastern United States. Spiderwort is commonly grown in gardens and many garden spiderworts seem to be hybrids of ''T. virginiana'' and other ''Tradescantia'' species.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=133268 | title = 3. Tradescantia Linnaeus | work = [[Flora of North America]] }}</ref> ''Tradescantia virginiana'' is a [[herbaceous plant]] with alternate, simple [[leaf|leaves]], on tubular stems. The flowers are blue, purple, or white, borne in summer. {{Inc| Tradescantia virginiana, Linn.; also spelled virginica (T. montana, Shuttlw., not Heyne. T. tumida, Lindl.). Common Spiderwort. Erect, branching, 1-3 ft., glabrous or nearly so: lvs. conduplicate, very long linear-lanceolate (6-15 in. long), clasping: umbels several-fld., terminal, the pedicel recurving when not in bloom: fls. violet-blue, in various shades, 1-2 in. across, produced freely nearly all summer: sepals villous. N. Y. to S. D., Va., and Ark.—An exceedingly variable plant. *Var. alba, Hort., is a white-fld. form. *Var. alba grandiflora, Hort., is offered in the trade. *Var. alba major, Hort., appears in the trade. *Var. atrosanguinea, Hort., has dark red fls. *Var. caerulea, Hort., has bright blue fls. *Var. caerulea plena, Hort., is a double-fld. form. *Var. carnea, Hort., is offered in the trade. *Var. coccinea, Hort., has bright red fls. *Var. congesta, Hort., has purple fls. *Var. delicata, Hort., pale mauve. *Var. grandiflora alba, Hort., is known in the trade. *Var. major, Hort., has double fls. which are about the size of the type. *Var. purpurea, Hort., is offered in the trade. *Var. rubra, Hort., has dark rosy pink or red fls. *Var. violacea, Hort., has purple-blue or violet fls. {{SCH}} }} ==Cultivation== Tradescantia virginiana is a perennial forb/herb. It likes most moist soils but can adapt to drier garden soils. Plants may be propagated from seed but they are more easily started from cuttings or divisions. ===Propagation=== {{edit-prop}} ===Pests and diseases=== {{edit-pests}} ==Species==  ==Gallery== {{photo-sources}} <gallery> Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963    ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__

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