Tradescantia pinetorum, the pinewoods spiderwort, is a species of Tradescantia and part of the family Commelinaceae.[1]
Tradescantia pinetorum is found in open woods in the southwestern United States (Arizona + New Mexico) and northwestern Mexico (Chihuahua y Sonora).[1] [2] [3]
Tradescantia pinetorum has strongly pubescent sheaths and purple petals that are 8- long.[1] The genus Commelina has flower buds enclosed in a sheath called a spathe, while Tradescantia does not have a spathe.[1] Tradescantia pinetorum has glandular pubescent sepals, while Tradescantia occidentalis has glabrous sepals.[1]
Scientifically related plants include Tradescantia pedicellata and Aneilema pinetorum.[4]
