Tradescantia

Bluejacket or Ohio spiderwort has purple-tinged erect stems with up to eight nodes bearing grass-like leaves. The stems are topped with showy clusters of blue three-petaled flowers. Flowers are more likely to bloom in the morning. The flowers shrivel to...

Western Spiderwort belongs to the Commelinaceae family, which includes herbs with swollen nodes and flowers in clusters surrounded by boat-shaped bracts. The flowers of Tradescantia occidentalis are rare and distinct, consisting of three ovate, bluish-purple petals encircled by six thick,...