Longbract Spiderwort

Tradescantia bracteata, the longbract spiderwort, or prairie spiderwort, is a species of Tradescantia. It is native to the northern and central Great Plains and Mississippi Valley regions of the United States, from Arkansas and Oklahoma north to Minnesota and Montana, with a few isolated populations further east. It is grown for its purple flowers. It blooms from May to July in the US. A protected population of the species is found in the Sugarloaf Mountains-Midland Peak Natural Area.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Longbract Spiderwort being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Tradescantia virginiana
• Tradescantia gigantea
• Tradescantia hirsutiflora
• Tradescantia ernestiana
• Tradescantia hirsuticaulis
• Tradescantia longipes

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Commelinales

Family

Commelinaceae

Genus

Tradescantia

Species

Tradescantia bracteata

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