PLANTS Profile for Tradescantia bracteata (longbract spiderwort)

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Tradescantia bracteata Small
longbract spiderwort

Symbol:

TRBR

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Commelinaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Tradescantia bracteata Small

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Distribution:
Tradescantia bracteata Small


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USA (IA, IL, IN, KS, MA, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, OK, SD, VT, WI, WY)

Related Taxa:
Tradescantia bracteata Small

View 10 genera in Commelinaceae, 33 species in Tradescantia

Classification:
Tradescantia bracteata Small

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Commelinales
Family	Commelinaceae – Spiderwort family
Genus	Tradescantia L. – spiderwort
Species	Tradescantia bracteata Small – longbract spiderwort

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Tradescantia bracteata Small

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Illinois:
prairie spiderwort		Threatened
Michigan:
long-bracted spiderwort		Probably Extirpated

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Tradescantia bracteata Small

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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UPL,FAC

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Tradescantia bracteata Small

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 39157.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 09:09 PM CDT