View source for Tradescantia ohiensis

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Tradescantia ohiensis
|accepted_authority=Rafinesque
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Précis Découv. Somiol.
|place=45. 1814
|year=1814
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Tradescantia canaliculata
|authority=Rafinesque
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Tradescantia foliosa
|authority=Small
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Tradescantia incarnata
|authority=Small
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Tradescantia reflexa
|authority=Rafinesque
}}
|hierarchy=Commelinaceae;Tradescantia;Tradescantia ohiensis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Commelinaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Tradescantia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Tradescantia ohiensis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 178
}}<!--

--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> erect or ascending, rarely rooting at nodes. <b>Stems</b> 15–115 cm; internodes glabrous or occasionally pilose, glaucous. <b>Leaves</b> spirally arranged, sessile, forming acute angle with stem, arcuate; blade linear to linear-lanceolate, 5–45 × 0.4–4.5 cm (distal leaf blades equal to or narrower than sheaths when sheaths opened, flattened), apex acuminate, glaucous, usually glabrous, sometimes pilose near sheath. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal and often axillary; bracts foliaceous. <b>Flowers</b> distinctly pedicillate; pedicels 0.7–3 cm, glabrous; sepals glaucous, 4–15 mm, glabrous or with apical tuft of eglandular hairs; petals distinct, deep blue to rose, rarely white, broadly ovate, not clawed, 0.8–2 cm; stamens free; filaments bearded. <b>Capsules</b> 4–6 mm. <b>Seeds</b> 2–3 mm. <b>2n</b> = 12, 24.</span><!--

-->{{Treatment/Body
|phenology=Flowering late winter–fall (Feb (Fla)–Sep).
|habitat=Roadsides, railroad rights-of-way, fields, thickets, less commonly in woods, occasionally along streams
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|discussion=<p><i>Tradescantia ohiensis</i> is the most common and widespread species in the United States. It hybridizes with many of the other species.</p><!--
--><p><i>Tradescantia ohiensis</i> <i></i>var.<i> foliosa</i> (Small) MacRoberts has been recognized for the forms with pilose leaves and sheaths (D. T. MacRoberts 1977). I have found such plants scattered among populations of glabrous plants, and I do not consider them worthy of formal taxonomic status.</p><!--
--><p>The following hybrids are known: <i>Tradescantia ohiensis</i> × <i>T. gigantea</i>, in Louisiana and Texas; <i>T. ohiensis</i> × <i>T. hirsuticaulis</i>, Arkansas; <i>T. ohiensis</i> × <i>T. occidentalis</i>, Arkansas, Louisiana; <i>T. ohiensis</i> × <i>T. ozarkana</i>, Arkansas; <i>T. ohiensis</i> × <i>T. paludosa</i>, Louisiana (reported by MacRoberts, 1980); <i>T. ohiensis</i> × <i>T. roseolens</i>, Alabama, Florida; <i>T. ohiensis</i> × <i>T. subaspera</i>, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia; and <i>T. ohiensis</i> × <i>T. virginiana</i>, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.</p>
|tables=
|references=
}}<!--

--><!--

-->{{#Taxon:
name=Tradescantia ohiensis
|author=
|authority=Rafinesque
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Tradescantia canaliculata;Tradescantia foliosa;Tradescantia incarnata;Tradescantia reflexa
|basionyms=
|family=Commelinaceae
|phenology=Flowering late winter–fall (Feb (Fla)–Sep).
|habitat=Roadsides, railroad rights-of-way, fields, thickets, less commonly in woods, occasionally along streams
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=Précis Découv. Somiol.
|publication year=1814
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V22/V22_61.xml
|genus=Tradescantia
|species=Tradescantia ohiensis
}}<!--

-->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Tradescantia]]