Tradescantia gigantea Rose. Common name: Giant Spiderwort. Phenology: Mar-May Habitat: Limestone soils. Distribution: N. LA and n. TX south to c. TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = ETx1, FNA22, K4, NcTx, S13, Tx, Pellegrini (2017). Basionym: Tradescantia gigantea Rose 1897-1901 [1899]
Links to other floras: = Tradescantia gigantea - FNA22
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Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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