Tradescantia gigantea, called giant spiderwort or gigantic spiderwort is a perennial herb in the spiderwort family found in prairies in Texas and Louisiana.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Giant 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 bracteata
- Tradescantia hirsutiflora
- Tradescantia virginiana
- Tradescantia hirsuticaulis
- Tradescantia ohiensis
- Tradescantia ernestiana
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Commelinales
- Family
- Commelinaceae
- Genus
- Tradescantia
- Species
- Tradescantia gigantea
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