Native Plant of the Day 09/20/2014
Photo from Sep 6, 2010. Location: Reflection Riding, Hamilton County, TN
Zigzag Spiderwort – for more photos / information go to the Tradescantia subaspera detail page.
Zigzag Spiderwort, Wideleaf Spiderwort – Tradescantia subaspera
Also NPOD 09/20/2010, 12/10/2010, 09/20/2012, Day 09/20/2012, 09/20/2013
Some sources show Tradescantia subaspera as not (presently) occurring in PA.
Thanks, Ian. I have updated USWildflowers’ information on Tradescantia subaspera to note the doubt about its presence there.
Gerry & Ian,
I reside in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. This specific species, “Tradescantia subaspera (ZigZag)”, is thriving in my backyard. If there is a way to upload a photo of its presence, I would be more than happy to show visual proof.
James Dawkins
Took a recent pic of spiderwort in lion or park, abington township just north of Philadelphia.
I have a very healthy spiderwort plant living in my garden in the City of Lancaster, Pa.
There are spiderwort plants along the road where I live just outside Claremore, Oklahoma, but Oklahoma is not listed as somewhere they are found.
While Zigzag Spiderwort (Tradescantia subaspera) is not “known” in Oklahoma, there are 7 other species of Tradescantia listed in Biota of North America as being found in the state.