Native records: 2 botanical areas
Louisiana, Texas
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Distribution is shown as WGSRPD Level 3 areas. It does not imply the species occurs throughout an entire area.
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A perennial of subtropical climates. Native to United States.
This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account is not yet available.
Distribution areas
United States of America
- LouisianaNative
- TexasNative
Climate of the native range
The Köppen climate classes found in the areas this plant is recorded as native to. It does not mean an entire area has that climate.
- Cfa Temperate, no dry season, hot summer
- BSk Arid, steppe, cold
- BSh Arid, steppe, hot
The same climate occurs in 53 areas worldwide, 51 of which have no record of this plant. See them on the map
A matching climate does not mean the plant can grow there. Range limits are also set by things other than climate — dispersal history, soils, competition. Source: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0 (observed period 1991–2020).
Other names
giant spiderwort
- Family
- Commelinaceae
- Genus
- Tradescantia
Other species in Tradescantia
- Tradescantia deficiens
- Tradescantia edwardsianaPlateau spiderwort
- Tradescantia ernestianaErnest's Spiderwort
- Tradescantia exaltata
- Tradescantia fluminensisSmall-leaf Spiderwort
- Tradescantia gentryi
- Tradescantia gracillima
- Tradescantia grantiiGrant's spiderwort
- Tradescantia guiengolensis
- Tradescantia gypsophila
- Tradescantia hertweckiae
- Tradescantia hirsuticaulisHairy Spiderwort
Sources
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
United States of America · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
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