Tradescantia ohiensis, commonly known as bluejacket or Ohio spiderwort, is an herbaceous plant species in the genus Tradescantia native to eastern and central North America. It is the most common and widely distributed species of Tradescantia in the United States, where it can be found from Maine in the northeast, west to Minnesota, and south to Texas and Florida. It also has a very small distribution in Canada in extreme southern Ontario near Windsor.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Ohio 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 occidentalis
- Tradescantia bracteata
- Tradescantia hirsutiflora
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Commelinales
- Family
- Commelinaceae
- Genus
- Tradescantia
- Species
- Tradescantia ohiensis
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