The spiderwort is a perennial plant that grows 1 to 2 feet tall and is commonly found individually or in clumps in wooded areas and fields. The plant has long thin bladelike leaves that grow to just over a foot long; the plant's flowers are usually purple with three petals and yellow stamens, though some varieties have rose or white flowers.
Though sometimes accounted a weed, spiderwort is cultivated for borders and also used in containers. Where it appears as a volunteer, it is often welcomed and allowed to stay.
The spiderwort was introduced to Europe in 1629, surely one of the first North American plants to cross the Atlantic.
The Wandering Jew is in the same family (Commelinaceae) as the spiderwort.
spiderwort common name for some members of the Commelinaceae, a family of tropical and subtropical succulent herbs found especially in Africa and the Americas.
Species of the spiderworts (genus Tradescantia) and the dayflowers (genus Commelina) are indigenous to the United States, particularly in the Southeast.
Ohio spiderwort is a hardy perennial native to much of the middle of the United States from Minnesota to Ohio and south through Arkansas.
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