familyCommelinaceae
genusTradescantia
speciesTradescantia ozarkana

Tradescantia ozarkana

E. S. Anderson & Woodson

Contr. Arnold Arbor. 9: 56, plate 12, map 3. 1935.

Robert B. Faden
IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 22.
Please click on the illustration for a higher resolution version.
Illustrator: Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey

Copyright: Flora of North America Association

Herbs, erect or ascending, rarely rooting at nodes. Stems not flexuous, 10–50 cm; internodes glabrous to pilose. Leaves spirally arranged, sessile; blade silvery or gray-green, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate or linear-oblong, 8–28 × 1–6 cm (distal leaf-blades wider than sheaths when sheaths opened, flattened), base rounded to cuneate, apex acuminate, ± glaucous, usually glabrous. Inflorescences all or mostly terminal; bracts foliaceous. Flowers distinctly pedicillate; pedicels 2–3.2 cm, glandular-pilosulose; sepals 6–12 mm, sparsely to densely glandular-pilosulose; petals distinct, white or pale-pink to pale lavender, broadly ovate, not clawed, 1.2–1.6 cm; stamens free. Capsules 6–8 mm. Seeds 3–4 mm. 2n = 12, 24.


Phenology: Flowering spring (Apr–May).
Habitat: Rich woods, mainly on rocky slopes and along cliffs, occasionally in bottomlands

Distribution

V22 396-distribution-map.jpg

Ark., Mo., Okla.

Discussion

Tradescantia ozarkana is endemic to the Ozarks.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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2n chromosome quantity
24 +  and 12 +
Apex pubescence
glabrous +  and glaucous +
Apex shape
acuminate +
Author
Robert B. Faden +
Authority
E. S. Anderson & Woodson +
Base shape
rounded +  and cuneate +
Blade architecture
petiolate +  and sessile +
Blade coloration
gray-green +  and silvery +
Blade length
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (28 cm280 mm <br />0.28 m <br />) +
Blade shape
lanceolate;linear-lanceolate or linear-oblong +
Blade texture
succulent +
Blade width
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
Bract architecture
foliaceous +
Bracteole duration
persistent +
Capsule architecture
3-valved +
Capsule architecture or structure in adjective form
3-locular +
Capsule dehiscence
loculicidal +
Capsule some measurement
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Cyme architecture
sessile +
Cyme condition or size
contracted +
Cyme shape
umbel-like +
Distribution
Ark. +, Mo. +  and Okla. +
Embryotegum position
Abaxial (Lateral) +
Embryotegum shape
lidlike +
Filament pubescence
glabrous +  and bearded +
Flower architecture
pedicillate +
Flower architecture or shape
symmetric +
Flower reproduction
bisexual +
Habitat
Rich woods, mainly on rocky slopes and along cliffs, occasionally in bottomlands +
Hilum shape
Oblong (Linear) +
Illustration
Present +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey +
Inflorescence architecture
thyrsiform +  and cymose +
Inflorescence position
axillary +
Inflorescence position or structure subtype
terminal +
Inflorescence shape
umbel-like +
Inflorescence size
reduced +
Internode pubescence
glabrous +  and pilose +
Leaf architecture
sessile +
Leaf arrangement
arranged +
Leaf position
cauline +  and basal +
Margin architecture or shape
entire +
Margin arrangement
parallel +
Margin fusion
distinct +
Margin variability
differentiated +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Ovary architecture or structure in adjective form
3-locular +
Ovary position
superior +
Ovule architecture or arrangement
1-seriate +
Ovule atypical quantity
1 (2) +
Ovule quantity
2 +
Pedicel development
developed +
Pedicel height or length or size
short +
Pedicel pubescence
glandular-pilosulose +
Pedicel some measurement
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3.2 cm32 mm <br />0.032 m <br />) +
Petal architecture
petaloid +
Petal architecture or texture
deliquescent +
Petal coloration
pale-pink +  and pale lavender +
Petal fusion
distinct +
Petal quantity
3 +
Petal shape
not clawed +  and ovate +
Petal size
unequal +
Petal some measurement
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (?) +  and 1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br /> (?) +
Petal variability
equal +
Phenology
Flowering spring (Apr–May). +
Publication title
Contr. Arnold Arbor. +
Publication year
1935 +
Reference
None +
Root architecture
tuberous +
Root width
thin +
Seed quantity
2 +
Seed some measurement
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Sepal architecture
sepaloid +
Sepal fusion
distinct +
Sepal pubescence
glandular-pilosulose +
Sepal quantity
3 +
Sepal size
subequal +
Sepal some measurement
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
Sheath condition
closed +
Source xml
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Special status
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Stamen fusion
free +
Stamen position
staminodial +
Stamen presence
absent +
Stamen quantity
6 +
Stamen reproduction
fertile +
Stamen variability
equal +
Stem course
not flexuous +
Stem some measurement
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
Stigma architecture
simple +
Stigma quantity
1 +
Stigma size
not +  and enlarged +
Style architecture
simple +
Style quantity
1 +
Style size
slender +
Synonyms
Rhoeo +, Setcreasea +  and Zebrina +
Taxon family
Commelinaceae +
Taxon name
Tradescantia ozarkana +
Taxon parent
Tradescantia +
Taxon rank
species +
Volume
Volume 22 +
Whole organism architecture
rooting +
Whole organism duration
perennial +
Whole organism growth form
herb +
Whole organism orientation
ascending +  and erect +
X chromosome quantity
6 +  and 8 +