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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Commelinaceae
Tradescantia bracteata Small
bracted spiderwort, long-bracted spiderwort, sticky spiderwort
Tradescantia: after John Tradescant, Sr. (c. 1570 - c. 1637), English gardener to King Charles I
bracteata: Latin for "bracted"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 8"-16" tall forb; stems stout, straight, usually unbranched |
| Flower: | rose to blue, 3-parted, petals alike; stalks and sepals with dense, soft hairs; inflorescence a terminal cluster (cyme) with 2 long, leaf-like bracts below |
| Fruit: | papery capsule |
| Leaf: | linear, smooth or with a few hairs at the base, larger leaves 1/3"-1/2" wide |
| Habitat: | prairies |
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