Tradescantia roseolens

Tradescantia roseolens
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class:	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Order:	Commelinales
Family:	Commelinaceae
Genus:	Tradescantia
Species:	T. roseolens
Binomial name
Tradescantia roseolens Small
Natural range of Tradescantia roseolens from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: longleaf spiderwort

Taxonomic notes

The specific epithet roseolens is derived from the fragrant tea-rose smell emitted from the flower.

Description

A description of Tradescantia roseolens is provided in The Flora of North America.

Ecology

Habitat

T. roseolens has been found in white sand rosemary balds with sand pine scrubs and oak scrubs in a mosaic of turkey oak barrens and flatwoods (FSU Herbarium). Associated species include Ceratiola, Quercus inopina, Q. geminata and Q. chapmanii (FSU Herbarium).

Pollination

The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Tradescantia roseolens at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):

Halictidae: Lasioglossum nymphalis, L. placidensis, L. puteulanum

References and notes

Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.

Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: November 2015. Collectors: Steven P. Christman, Robin B. Huck. States and Counties: Florida: Highlands. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.