Native Plants of the Great Lakes
North Branch Restoration Project:
Native Plant and Seed Collection
Tradescantia Ohiensis / Family: Commelinaceae
Common Spiderwort, Swink/Wilhelm # 2
FLOWERING: Early June to mid-October
SEED TIMING: Late June to early September
HABITAT: Prairie and wood edges
DIAGNOSTIC FEATURES: 1 - 3 feet. Smooth, erect perennial
with linear, grass-like leaves and loose clusters of bright blue,
3-petaled flowers with showy yellow stamens above a pair of long,
narrow leaf-like bracs. Flowers close up in the afternoon.
TO PICK: Flowers open, mature and go to seed continuously
over the season. Ripe seed is pickable when some flowers are still
in bloom. |
