Tradescantia pinetorum Greene
Pine spiderwort, pinewoods spiderwort
Spiderworts are named for the resemblance of their leaves to a squatting spider. The genus Tradescantia is named for John Tradescant, a gardener for Charles I of England. There are about 71 species.
Plants: 8–20″ (20–50 cm) high, with thin green to reddish stems.
Leaves: Alternate, long and narrow, like grass blades.
Flowers: Blue to purple or rose pink, about ¾″ (1.9 cm) in diameter, with six stamens with yellow anthers. Small densely packed hairs are on various parts of the flower. All petals are equal in size, and ¼–⅜″ (8–10 mm) long. The sepals of this species are glandular and hairy, while those of T. occidentalis are not.
Fruits: Capsules are 1/16–⅛″ (3–4 mm), with seeds 1/32–1/16″ (1.5–2 mm).
Habitats: Open brush, woods and wooded slopes, especially pine woods.
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Aneilema pinetorum (Greene) Matuda
5/22/2009 · Slide Rock State Park, Sedona, Arizona · ≈ 4½ × 3″ (11 × 7.9 cm) 
5/23/2009 · West Fork of Oak Creek Trail, Arizona · ≈ 1½ × 1½″ (4.1 × 4.1 cm) 
ID is uncertain 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Liliopsida | Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family |
| Subclass | Commelinidae | Dayflowers and spiderworts, and several others |
| Order | Commelinales | Includes dayflowers (spiderworts), bloodworts, water hyacinths, others |
| Family | Commelinaceae | Dayflower or spiderwort family |
| Genus | Tradescantia | After John Tradescant (1608-1662), English gardener to King Charles I |
| Species | pinetorum | Of the pine forests |
Tradescantia pinetorum description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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