Tradescantia ohiensis

ClassificationMonocots
FamilyCommelinaceae
Family (Traditional)Commelinaceae
GenusTradescantia
Species:Tradescantia ohiensis Raf.
Common NameBluejacket
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: BE; Natural Area Presence: DRU; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LC; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: NRG; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Xeric; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: Febuary; Reproductive Phenology: March; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Rank: spiral; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: parallel; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Basifixed; Base Flower Color: Blue; Carpel Number/Pistil: 3; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: axillary; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Inflorescence Types: corymb/cyme/umbel; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: No; Petal Number: 3; Pistil Complexity: Compound; Pistil Number: 1; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 6
C value 4
StatusNative; AGCP (FAC), EMP (FAC) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S5] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

  • State Boundaries
  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Tradescantia canaliculata Tradescantia canaliculata Raf.
Tradescantia foliosa Tradescantia foliosa Small
Tradescantia incarnata Tradescantia incarnata Small
Tradescantia ohiensis var. foliosa Tradescantia ohiensis var. foliosa (Small) D.T.MacRoberts
Tradescantia reflexa Tradescantia reflexa Raf.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Bell (KY), Calloway (KY), Carlisle (KY), Carter (KY), Crittenden (KY), Harlan (KY), Jefferson (KY), McCracken (KY), Magoffin (KY), Warren (KY), Benton (TN), Blount (TN), Chester (TN), Coffee (TN), Davidson (TN), DeKalb (TN), Fayette (TN), Franklin (TN), Grainger (TN), Hamilton (TN), Haywood (TN), Houston (TN), Humphreys (TN), Jackson (TN), Johnson (TN), Knox (TN), McNairy (TN), Madison (TN), Monroe (TN), Montgomery (TN), Polk (TN), Rhea (TN), Roane (TN), Scott (TN), Shelby (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, MDKY, MEM, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UOS, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1969 - 2007

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
ETSU001523 Johnson Tennessee
ETSU
Tradescantia ohiensis
TENN-V-0060599 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Tradescantia ohiensis
TENN-V-0060600 Fayette Tennessee
TENN
Tradescantia ohiensis
APSC0114997 McCracken Kentucky
APSC
Tradescantia ohiensis
APSC0037797 Benton Tennessee
APSC
Tradescantia ohiensis
APSC0066018 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Tradescantia ohiensis
APSC0037792 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Tradescantia ohiensis
APSC0114937 Kentucky
APSC
Tradescantia ohiensis
HTTU006675 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Tradescantia ohiensis
HTTU014155 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Tradescantia ohiensis
HTTU006777 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Tradescantia ohiensis
BRIT158513 Tennessee
VDB
Tradescantia ohiensis
BRIT158515 Tennessee
VDB
Tradescantia ohiensis
BRIT158510 Tennessee
VDB
Tradescantia ohiensis
MEM008644 Calloway Kentucky 25 Jun 1974 Raymond Athey
2831
MEM
Tradescantia ohiensis
31234100863503 Kentucky 27 Jun 1979 Dell Sasser
193
EKY
Tradescantia ohiensis
TENN-V-0060603 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Tradescantia ohiensis
TENN-V-0060864 Bell Kentucky
TENN
Tradescantia ohiensis
TENN-V-0060598 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Tradescantia ohiensis
UCHT004982 Polk Tennessee 12 Aug 1987 Larry G. Williams
1820
UCHT
Tradescantia ohiensis
APSC0064307 Chester Tennessee
APSC
Tradescantia ohiensis
APSC0037793 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Tradescantia ohiensis
APSC0114996 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Tradescantia ohiensis
APSC0114938 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Tradescantia ohiensis
APSC0037788 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Tradescantia ohiensis
HTTU006676 Tennessee
HTTU
Tradescantia ohiensis
UOS06603 Coffee Tennessee 21 Jun 1996 Landon E. McKinney
UOS
Tradescantia ohiensis
BRIT158517 Tennessee
VDB
Tradescantia ohiensis
MEM007996 Shelby Tennessee 29 May 1971 John E. Thompson Jr.
203
MEM
Tradescantia ohiensis
MEM003300 Crittenden Kentucky 19 May 1969 Raymond Athey
629
MEM
Tradescantia ohiensis
31234100041159 Calloway Kentucky 28 May 1995 Timothy J. Weckman
1501
EKY
Tradescantia ohiensis
TENN-V-0060608 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Tradescantia ohiensis
TENN-V-0060606 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Tradescantia ohiensis
TENN-V-0060597 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Tradescantia ohiensis
TENN-V-0060609 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Tradescantia ohiensis
APSC0066100 Carter Kentucky
APSC
Tradescantia ohiensis
APSC0037794 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Tradescantia ohiensis
APSC0100176 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Tradescantia ohiensis
APSC0083446 Harlan Kentucky
APSC
Tradescantia ohiensis
HTTU006679 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Tradescantia ohiensis
HTTU006672 Tennessee
HTTU
Tradescantia ohiensis
HTTU006677 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Tradescantia ohiensis
MTSU003257 Coffee Tennessee 21 May 1996 Landon E. McKinney
MTSU
Tradescantia ohiensis
BRIT158512 Tennessee
VDB
Tradescantia ohiensis
MEM006172 McCracken Kentucky 10 Jun 1972 Raymond Athey
1840
MEM
Tradescantia ohiensis
MEM015829 Fayette Tennessee 29 Sep 1980 Vernon M. Bates Jr.
1906
MEM
Tradescantia ohiensis
31234100041167 Calloway Kentucky 25 Jun 1982 Michael Woods
755
EKY
Tradescantia ohiensis
TENN-V-0060636 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Tradescantia ohiensis
TENN-V-0060607 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Tradescantia ohiensis
TENN-V-0060593 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Tradescantia ohiensis
TENN-V-0060595 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Tradescantia ohiensis
TENN-V-0060588 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Tradescantia ohiensis
TENN-V-0060604 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Tradescantia ohiensis
APSC0037795 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Tradescantia ohiensis
BRIT158516 Tennessee
VDB
Tradescantia ohiensis
31234100041175 Magoffin Kentucky 18 Jun 1995 A. D. Wireman
95-25
EKY
Tradescantia ohiensis
31234100041282 Franklin Tennessee 24 May 2001 Dwayne Estes
2293
EKY
Tradescantia ohiensis
TENN-V-0060590 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Tradescantia ohiensis
TENN-V-0060589 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Tradescantia ohiensis
APSC0064306 Chester Tennessee
APSC
Tradescantia ohiensis
APSC0066102 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Tradescantia ohiensis
APSC0100177 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Tradescantia ohiensis
APSC0052868 McCracken Kentucky
APSC
Tradescantia ohiensis
APSC0037798 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Tradescantia ohiensis
HTTU025307 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Tradescantia ohiensis
HTTU033421 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Tradescantia ohiensis
BRIT158511 Tennessee
VDB
Tradescantia ohiensis
TENN-V-0060605 Madison Tennessee
TENN
Tradescantia ohiensis
TENN-V-0060601 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Tradescantia ohiensis
TENN-V-0060591 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Tradescantia ohiensis
TENN-V-0060587 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Tradescantia ohiensis
TENN-V-0060602 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Tradescantia ohiensis
APSC0037796 Houston Tennessee
APSC
Tradescantia ohiensis
APSC0037791 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Tradescantia ohiensis
HTTU006673 McCracken Kentucky
HTTU
Tradescantia ohiensis
31234100041183 Magoffin Kentucky 18 Jun 1995 A. D. Wireman
95-25
EKY
Tradescantia ohiensis
MDKY00002272 Carter Kentucky
MDKY
Tradescantia ohiensis
TENN-V-0060610 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Tradescantia ohiensis
TENN-V-0060592 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Tradescantia ohiensis
UOS06604 Knox Tennessee 01 Aug 1997 Greg Miller
UOS
Tradescantia ohiensis
TENN-V-0060594 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Tradescantia ohiensis
TENN-V-0060596 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Tradescantia ohiensis
APSC0066099 Harlan Kentucky
APSC
Tradescantia ohiensis
APSC0093226 Carlisle Kentucky
APSC
Tradescantia ohiensis
HTTU014156 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Tradescantia ohiensis
HTTU006678 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Tradescantia ohiensis
HTTU006683 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Tradescantia ohiensis
HTTU006682 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Tradescantia ohiensis
HTTU006681 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Tradescantia ohiensis
HTTU006680 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Tradescantia ohiensis
UOS06593 Franklin Tennessee 27 Jul 2007 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Tradescantia ohiensis
MEM017159 Fayette Tennessee 25 Apr 1981 Vernon M. Bates Jr.
2266
MEM
Tradescantia ohiensis
MEM017286 McNairy Tennessee 02 May 1981 Vernon M. Bates Jr.
2372
MEM
Tradescantia ohiensis
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Tradescantia ohiensis - Ashley B. Morris
Tradescantia ohiensis - Ashley B. Morris
Tradescantia ohiensis - Dwayne Estes
Tradescantia ohiensis - Dwayne Estes
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Tradescantia ohiensis - Dwayne Estes
Tradescantia ohiensis - Dwayne Estes
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Tradescantia ohiensis - Dwayne Estes
Tradescantia ohiensis - Dwayne Estes
Tradescantia ohiensis - Milo Pyne
Tradescantia ohiensis - Milo Pyne
Tradescantia ohiensis - Milo Pyne
Tradescantia ohiensis - Milo Pyne
Tradescantia ohiensis - Milo Pyne
Tradescantia ohiensis - Milo Pyne
Tradescantia ohiensis - Milo Pyne
Tradescantia ohiensis - Milo Pyne
Tradescantia ohiensis - Milo Pyne
Tradescantia ohiensis - Milo Pyne
Tradescantia ohiensis - Theo Witsell
Tradescantia ohiensis - Theo Witsell
Tradescantia ohiensis - Theo Witsell
Tradescantia ohiensis - Theo Witsell
Tradescantia ohiensis - Joey Shaw
Tradescantia ohiensis - Joey Shaw
Tradescantia ohiensis - Joey Shaw
Tradescantia ohiensis - Joey Shaw
Tradescantia ohiensis - Joey Shaw
Tradescantia ohiensis - Joey Shaw
Tradescantia ohiensis - Joey Shaw
Tradescantia ohiensis - Joey Shaw