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Each value Trefle shows for Tradescantia virginiana, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced5 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded15 Not on the record7 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	L.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Sp. Pl.: 288 (1753)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1753	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	White spiderwort	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Ontario to EC. & E. U.S.A., Cuba	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	37 cm	36.76 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 92	Differs from sources
Biological type	geophyte	geophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 918	Sourced
Flower color	empty	blue · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Flower conspicuous	true	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Foliage color	empty	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Foliage texture	medium	medium · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Fruit color	empty	black · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Fruit conspicuous	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth form	Single Stem	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth habit	Forb/herb	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth rate	Rapid	Rapid · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 92, 432, 818	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	empty	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71	Not on the record
Ph maximum	pH 8	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ph minimum	pH 4	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	48 cm	48 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 432, 818	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	20.9 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 570	Not on the record
Other
Salt tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	Intermediate · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record

Tradescantia virginiana L., 1753 33% complete

White spiderwort

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