Stalked Spiderwort
Tradescantia pedicellata
Stalked spiderwort is a slender central-states spiderwort with blue-purple to pinkish flowers over grassy foliage, an easy, drought-tolerant native for sunny meadows.
- Family
- Commelinaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- blue, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- TX
Related native plants
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- Ohio Spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis)
- Prairie Spiderwort (Tradescantia occidentalis)
- Virginia Spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana)
- Zigzag Spiderwort (Tradescantia subaspera)
- Giant Spiderwort (Tradescantia gigantea)
- Hairystem Spiderwort (Tradescantia hirsuticaulis)