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Tradescantia (named for John Tradescant, gardener to Charles I; died about 1638). Commelinaceae. Spiderwort. Perennial hardy herbs, varying greatly in habit from erect and bushy to trailing and rooting at the nodes, grown for their ornamental value both out-of-doors and in the greenhouse.
Tradescantia (named for John Tradescant, gardener to Charles I; died about 1638). Commelinaceae. Spiderwort. Perennial hardy herbs, varying greatly in habit from erect and bushy to trailing and rooting at the nodes, grown for their ornamental value both out-of-doors and in the greenhouse.
==Species==
==Species==
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About 70, including{{wp}}:<br>
''[[Tradescantia bracteata]]''<br>
''[[Tradescantia brevifolia]]''<br>
''[[Tradescantia buckleyi]]''<br>
''[[Tradescantia cerinthoides]]''<br>
''[[Tradescantia crassifolia]]''<br>
''[[Tradescantia crassula]]''<br>
''[[Tradescantia edwardsiana]]''<br>
''[[Tradescantia ernestiana]]''<br>
''[[Tradescantia fluminensis]]''<br>
''[[Tradescantia gigantea]]''<br>
''[[Tradescantia hirsuticaulis]]''<br>
''[[Tradescantia hirsutiflora]]''<br>
''[[Tradescantia humilis]]''<br>
''[[Tradescantia iridescens]]''<br>
''[[Tradescantia leiandra]]''<br>
''[[Tradescantia longipes]]''<br>
''[[Tradescantia navicularis]]''<br>
''[[Tradescantia occidentalis]]''<br>
''[[Tradescantia ohiensis]]''<br>
''[[Tradescantia ozarkana]]''<br>
''[[Tradescantia pallida]]''<br>
''[[Tradescantia paludosa]]''<br>
''[[Tradescantia pedicellata]]''<br>
''[[Tradescantia pinetorum]]''<br>
''[[Tradescantia roseolens]]''<br>
''[[Tradescantia reverchonii]]''<br>
''[[Tradescantia sillamontana]]''<br>
''[[Tradescantia spathacea]]''<br>
''[[Tradescantia subacaulis]]''<br>
''[[Tradescantia subaspera]]''<br>
''[[Tradescantia tepoxtlana]]''<br>
''[[Tradescantia tharpii]]''<br>
''[[Tradescantia virginiana]]''<br>
''[[Tradescantia wrightii]]''<br>
''[[Tradescantia zanonia]]''<br>
''[[Tradescantia zebrina]]''
synonyms = ''Setcreasea''<br/>
''Zebrina''
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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Image:Upload.png| photo 1
Image:FlyingBugPollinating-Oct15-lighter-cleaner.jpg|[[Hoverfly]] at ''Tradescantia'' flower; note the blue stamen hairs
Image:Upload.png| photo 2
Image:PurpHeart1.jpg|Front view of leaves of ''[[Tradescantia pallida]]'' cv. "Purple Heart".
Image:Upload.png| photo 3
Image:PurpHeart2.jpg|Back view of leaves of ''Tradescantia pallida'' cv. "Purple Heart".
Image:Zebrina1.jpg|Front view of leaves of ''Tradescantia zebrina'' cv. "Tricolor".
Image:Zebrina2.jpg|Back view of leaves of ''Tradescantia zebrina'' cv. "Tricolor".
Image:Tradescantia ohiensis Ohio Spiderwort MN 2007.JPG|''Tradescantia ohiensis'' Ohio Spiderwort
Image:Tradescantia ohiensis2.jpg|''Tradescantia ohiensis'' flowers
Image:Smithsoniangardens15.jpg|A budding ''Tradescantia'' flower
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