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|accepted_name=Tradescantia humilis
|accepted_authority=Rose
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Contributions from the U. S. National Herbarium
|place=5: 204. 1899
|year=1899
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Commelinaceae;Tradescantia;Tradescantia humilis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Commelinaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Tradescantia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Tradescantia humilis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism orientation;whole_organism orientation;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> erect or ascending, rarely rooting at nodes.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="root architecture;root pubescence"><b>Roots </b>tuberous in part, not brownish-tomentose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem orientation;stem architecture;stem atypical some measurement;stem some measurement;stem pubescence"><b>Stems </b>spreading, diffusely branched, particularly at base, 0.5–20 (–45) cm, densely pubescent to glabrescent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf orientation;leaf shape"><b>Leaves </b>somewhat recurved or falcate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade coloration;blade coloration;blade coloration;blade coloration;blade coloration;blade pubescence;blade shape;blade length;blade width;margin coloration;margin shape;margin pubescence">blade deep green, or paler and somewhat glaucous, linear-lanceolate, 11–20 × 1–2 cm (distal leaf-blades equal to or narrower than sheaths when sheaths opened, flattened), margins usually tinged with purple, crisped, puberulent to glabrescent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype;inflorescence architecture or arrangement or growth form;inflorescence position;inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal, solitary, or more frequently also axillary and pedunculate from distal nodes;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="bract architecture;bract pubescence">bracts foliaceous, similar to leaves in form, puberulent to glabrescent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>distinctly pedicillate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="pedicel some measurement;pedicel pubescence;pedicel pubescence;hair arrangement;hair architecture or function or pubescence;hair architecture">pedicels 1.5–2.5 cm, puberulent or pilose with mixed glandular, eglandular hairs;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="sepal reflectance;sepal coloration;sepal architecture;sepal coloration;sepal some measurement;sepal pubescence;hair arrangement;hair architecture or function or pubescence;hair architecture">sepals dull green or occasionally edged or suffused with purple, 9–11 mm, pubescent with mixed glandular, eglandular hairs;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="petal fusion;petal coloration;petal coloration;petal shape;petal shape;petal some measurement">petals distinct, bright blue or occasionally pink, broadly ovate, not clawed, 11–19 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="stamen fusion">stamens free;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="filament pubescence">filaments bearded.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="capsule some measurement"><b>Capsules </b>6–7 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="seed some measurement"><b>Seeds </b>2–3 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="">hilum as long as seed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="2n chromosome quantity">2n = 12.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring (Mar–Jun).
|habitat=Sandy and rocky soil, formerly also in rich black soil at the edge of the coastal plain, now more commonly in disturbed sites, such as roadsides, fencerows, and railroad rights-of-way
|distribution=Tex.
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|references=
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name=Tradescantia humilis
|authority=Rose
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Commelinaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring (Mar–Jun).
|habitat=Sandy and rocky soil, formerly also in rich black soil at the edge of the coastal plain, now more commonly in disturbed sites, such as roadsides, fencerows, and railroad rights-of-way
|distribution=Tex.
|reference=None
|publication title=Contributions from the U. S. National Herbarium
|publication year=1899
|special status=Endemic
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|genus=Tradescantia
|species=Tradescantia humilis
|2n chromosome quantity=12
|blade coloration=paler;green;paler;green;deep
|blade length=11cm;20cm
|blade pubescence=glaucous
|blade shape=linear-lanceolate
|blade width=1cm;2cm
|bract architecture=foliaceous
|bract pubescence=puberulent;glabrescent
|capsule some measurement=6mm;7mm
|filament pubescence=bearded
|flower architecture=pedicillate
|hair architecture=eglandular;eglandular
|hair architecture or function or pubescence=glandular;glandular
|hair arrangement=mixed;mixed
|inflorescence architecture=pedunculate
|inflorescence architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary
|inflorescence position=axillary
|inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal
|leaf orientation=recurved
|leaf shape=falcate
|margin coloration=tinged with purple
|margin pubescence=puberulent;glabrescent
|margin shape=crisped
|pedicel pubescence=pilose;puberulent
|pedicel some measurement=1.5cm;2.5cm
|petal coloration=pink;bright blue
|petal fusion=distinct
|petal shape=not clawed;ovate
|petal some measurement=11mm;19mm
|root architecture=tuberous
|root pubescence=not brownish-tomentose
|seed some measurement=2mm;3mm
|sepal architecture=edged
|sepal coloration=suffused with purple;green
|sepal pubescence=pubescent
|sepal reflectance=dull
|sepal some measurement=9mm;11mm
|stamen fusion=free
|stem architecture=branched
|stem atypical some measurement=20cm;45cm
|stem orientation=spreading
|stem pubescence=densely pubescent;glabrescent
|stem some measurement=0.5cm;20cm
|whole_organism architecture=rooting
|whole_organism growth form=herb
|whole_organism orientation=ascending;erect
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