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Tradescantia virginiana

Dec 2006.<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Dec 2006.<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

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Common names

common spiderwort

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Category

Vascular

Structural class

Herbs - Monocots

Flower colours

Violet/Purple

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Family

Authority

Tradescantia virginiana L.

Ecology

Life cycle and dispersal

Long-lived perennial herb. Reproduces by vegetative spread, seed apparently not produced in New Zealand. Spread by careless garden waste dumping.