Tradescantia ernestiana, commonly called Ernest's Spiderwort,[1] is a species of plant in the dayflower family that is native mainly to the interior highlands of the United States with a distinct population in Alabama.[2] The plant is also found in Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri, and Oklahoma.[3]

Ernest's Spiderwort exhibiting characteristic clumping behavior.

It is a perennial that produces purple or blue flowers in the spring on herbaceous stems.[4]

References

  1. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tradescantia ernestiana". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Tradescantia ernestiana". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2020.
  3. ^ "Know Your Natives – Ernest's Spidewort". Arkansas Native Plant Society. Archived from the original on February 18, 2021. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  4. ^ "Tradescantia ernestiana". Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Retrieved 29 March 2020.