Tradescantia occidentalis scopulorum

(Tradescantia occidentalis scopulorum)

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Description

Tradescantia occidentalis, the prairie spiderwort or western spiderwort, is a plant in the dayflower family, Commelinaceae. It is common and widespread across the western Great Plains of the United States, as well as in Arizona, New Mexico, southern Utah, and Sonora, but is listed as a threatened species in Canada

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Liliopsida
Order:Commelinales
Family:Commelinaceae
Genus:Tradescantia
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