Tradescantia bracteata Small

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Commelinaceae

• Scientific Name

  Tradescantia bracteata Small

• Description

  Species Description - Stem rather stout, straight, rarely branched, (1–)2–4 dm at anthesis, glabrous or minutely puberulent; lvs glabrous or sparsely pilose at base, the larger 8–15 mm wide; bracts often longer and wider than the lvs; cyme usually solitary and terminal, an additional lateral one rarely present; pedicels and sep densely and softly villous with mingled glandular and eglandular hairs 1–1.5 mm; sep obtuse or subacute, 10–14 mm; pet rose or blue, 15–20 mm; 2n=12, 24. Prairies; s. Ind. to Minn., w. to s. Mont., e. Colo., and n. Okla.

• Common Names

  sticky spiderwort