Native records: 4 botanical areas
Arizona, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, 1 more areas
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A perennial of subtropical climates. Native to Mexico, United States.
This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account and images are not yet available.
Distribution areas
Mexico
- Mexico NortheastNative
- Mexico NorthwestNative
United States of America
- ArizonaNative
- New MexicoNative
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.
- BSk Arid, steppe, cold
- BWh Arid, desert, hot
- BSh Arid, steppe, hot
- Dfb Cold, no dry season, warm summer
- Cwb Temperate, dry winter, warm summer
The same climate occurs in 93 areas worldwide, 89 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).
Recorded medicinal uses
The cited source records medicinal use of this plant. It is not an assessment of efficacy or safety.
Tradescantia pinetorum is recorded as used medicinally.
Source location: p.72, left column, line 25
World Checklist of Useful Plant Species · Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity (KNB) · CC BY 4.0 · source version: wcups-2020-62602715
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Other names
pinewoods spiderwort
- Family
- Commelinaceae
- Genus
- Tradescantia
Other species in Tradescantia
- Tradescantia ozarkanaOzark Spiderwort
- Tradescantia pallida"Wandering Jew"
- Tradescantia pedicellataEdwards Plateau Spiderwort
- Tradescantia peninsularis
- Tradescantia petiolaris
- Tradescantia petricola
- Tradescantia plusiantha
- Tradescantia poelliaePöll's spiderwort
- Tradescantia praetermissa
- Tradescantia pygmaea
- Tradescantia reverchoniiReverchon's Spiderwort
- Tradescantia roseolensLongleaf Spiderwort
Sources
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Mexico · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
United States of America · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
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