North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

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Commelinaceae > Tradescantia (spiderwort)
	Grassleaf Roseling, Rose Spiderwort (Cuthbertia graminea, Tradescantia rosea) Scotland Co., NC 1 Oct 2006 Common in the sandhills in the NC coastal plain. Evidence is strong that this species should be split into the genus Cuthbertia.
	Grassleaf Roseling, Rose Spiderwort (Cuthbertia graminea, Tradescantia rosea) Scotland Co., NC 1 Oct 2006
	Grassleaf Roseling, Rose Spiderwort (Cuthbertia graminea, Tradescantia rosea) Scotland Co., NC 1 Oct 2006
	Grassleaf Roseling, Rose Spiderwort (Cuthbertia graminea, Tradescantia rosea) New Hanover Co., NC 14 May 2013
	Grassleaf Roseling, Rose Spiderwort (Cuthbertia graminea, Tradescantia rosea) New Hanover Co., NC 14 May 2013
	Grassleaf Roseling, Rose Spiderwort (Cuthbertia graminea, Tradescantia rosea) New Hanover Co., NC 14 May 2013
	Grassleaf Roseling, Rose Spiderwort (Cuthbertia graminea, Tradescantia rosea) New Hanover Co., NC 14 May 2013

	Broadleaf Spiderwort, Wide-leaved Spiderwort, Zigzag Spiderwort (Tradescantia subaspera) Buncombe Co., NC 8 July 2006 Fairly common in the western half of NC, this spiderwort grows in various wooded habitats.
	Broadleaf Spiderwort, Wide-leaved Spiderwort, Zigzag Spiderwort (Tradescantia subaspera) Buncombe Co., NC 8 July 2006

	unidentified spiderwort (Tradescantia sp.) Macon Co., NC 12 May 2006
	unidentified spiderwort (Tradescantia sp.) Macon Co., NC 12 May 2006

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.