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Tradescantia humilis
Texas spiderwort is a low-growing perennial wildflower native to Texas and southern Oklahoma, grown in gardens for its violet-blue flowers. It is tough and drought tolerant, and it needs full sun and well-drained soil.
Tradescantia humilis, the Texas spiderwort, is a species of Tradescantia native to Texas and southern Oklahoma. It was named after John Tradescant (1608–1662) who served as gardener to Charles I of England. It was described by US botanist Joseph Nelson Rose in 1899.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tradescantia humilis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
