Tradescantia pinetorum Greene

Pine spiderwort, pinewoods spiderwort

Similar species

	Tradescantia occidentalis	You are here Tradescantia pinetorum	Tradescantia virginiana
Common Name	western spiderwort	pine spiderwort	Virginia spiderwort
Plant	Up to 2′ (60 cm) tall, with smooth stems with several joints.	8–20″ (20–50 cm) high, with thin green to reddish stems.	8–36″ (20–91 cm) high
Leaves	Long and narrow, with a whitish covering.	Alternate, long and narrow, like grass blades.	Long and narrow, dark or olive green, with parallel veins, like wide grass blades. Up to 1′ (30 cm) × 1″ (2.5 cm)
Flowers	Bright blue to rose or purple, about ¾″ (1.9 cm) in diameter, with three petals and six stamens with yellow anthers.	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.	Blue or purple, ¾–2″ (1.9–5 cm) in diameter, with three petals and six stamens, each with yellow anthers. There are two bracts beneath each flower
Fruit	Rounded capsules with up to six oval dark gray seeds. The seeds are ovoid too, with a groove on one side and a hole on the other.	Capsules are 1/16–⅛″ (3–4 mm), with seeds 1/32–1/16″ (1.5–2 mm).	Capsules ⅛–¼″ (4–7 mm) long split to release seeds.
Range/ Zones			USDA Zones: 4-9
Habitats	Plains, prairies, disturbed sites.	Open brush, woods and wooded slopes, especially pine woods.	Prairies, thickets, woodland edges, power line clearences

Tradescantia pinetorum description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.

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