Tradescantia humilis, the Texas spiderwort, is a species of Tradescantia native to Texas and southern Oklahoma. It was named after John Tradescant (1608–1662) who served as gardener to Charles I of England. It was described by US botanist Joseph Nelson Rose in 1899.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Texas 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 subacaulis
- Tradescantia hirsutiflora
- Tradescantia hirsuticaulis
- Tradescantia tharpii
- Tradescantia longipes
- Tradescantia ernestiana
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Commelinales
- Family
- Commelinaceae
- Genus
- Tradescantia
- Species
- Tradescantia humilis
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