Tradescantia subaspera Ker Gawler. Wide-leaved Spiderwort, Zigzag Spiderwort. Phen: Jun-Jul. Hab: Dry to mesic woodlands and forests, hammocks. Dist: Nc. NC, w. VA, WV, OH, IN, IL, and MO, south to NC, SC, sw. GA, Panhandle FL, and AL.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Two questionable varieties are sometimes recognized. Var. subaspera may be distinguished by the stem conspicuously zigzag above, except on depauperate or juvenile plants (vs. the stems straight or only slightly zigzag), uppermost lateral cymes sessile or short-pedunculate (vs. pedunculate throughout), uppermost internodes very reduced, crowding the upper leaves (vs. internodes less reduced), leaves much broader than the sheath (vs. only slightly broader), and its generally greater size than var. montana. T. subaspera var. montana ranges from sw. VA and c. WV south to nw. SC, n. GA, and se. TN, with disjunct occurrences in c. AL and Panhandle FL. Var. subaspera ranges from WV west to n. IL, south to se. TN, ne. AR, and s. MO, with disjunct occurrences in NC.

Synonymy: = Ar, FNA22, NY, RAB, Tn, Va, W, WH3, Pellegrini (2017); > Tradescantia comata Small – S13; > Tradescantia montana Shuttlew. ex Britton – S13; > Tradescantia pilosa J.G.C.Lemaire – S, S13; > Tradescantia subaspera Ker Gawl. var. montana (Shuttlew. ex Britton) E.S.Anderson & Woodson – C, F, G, Il, K1, K3, K4, WV, Anderson & Woodson (1935), Tucker (1989); > Tradescantia subaspera Ker Gawl. var. subaspera – C, F, G, Il, K1, K3, K4, Mo1, WV, Anderson & Woodson (1935), Tucker (1989)

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