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spiderwort family

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Noun1.spiderwort family - large widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderworts
Commelinaceae, family Commelinaceae
liliopsid family, monocot family - family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Commelinales, order Commelinales, order Xyridales, Xyridales - an order of monocotyledonous herbs
genus Commelina - type genus of the Commelinaceae; large genus of herbs of branching or creeping habit: day flower; widow's tears
dayflower, spiderwort - any plant of the family Commelinaceae
genus Tradescantia, Tradescantia - spiderworts
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The scientific name is Commelina Virginica which belongs to the Spiderwort family.
Wonderful Wild Blue Flowers for the Garden by Mary Lorainne / Home improvement and landscaping community
Commelinaceae -- Spiderwort Family Tradescantia subaspera Ker Gawler Wide-leaved spiderwort; frequent; mesic woods; BSUH 8114.
THE FLORA AND VEGETATION OF GINN WOODS, BALL STATE UNIVERSITY, ... by Badger, Kemuel S. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
 
 
 
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