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Tradescantia virginiana

Perennial

HomePerennialTradescantia virginiana

Woods, scrub, meadows and roadsides.

Family: Commelinaceae
Height: 0.4 m / 2 ft
Sun, Semi-shade
Light, Medium and Heavy Soil
Dry to Moist

Plant Rating

Edible Uses: 2 of 5
Medicinal Uses: 1 of 5
Other Uses: of 5

Native Habitat

Spiderwort, Virginia spiderwort Tradescantia virginiana native habitat is Woods, scrub, meadows and roadsides.

Edible Uses

Leaves - raw or cooked. The very young shoots and leaves can be chopped and added to salads or cooked as a potherb. Flowers - raw. They make an attractive edible garnish.

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