Hairyflower Spider Wort; Hairy Flower Spider Wort; Hairyflowered Spider Wort; Hairy Flowered Spider Wort; Hairyflower Spiderwort; Hairy Flower Spiderwort; Hairyflowered Spiderwort; Hairy Flowered Spiderwort

Tradescantia hirsutiflora

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Native status unresolved in Louisiana. How scores work Is it native here?

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 35 Louisiana parishes.

Ecological relationships

7CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including LA

Genus host records with ranges including LA · Tradescantia

Argyrogramma verrucaGolden Looper
Chrysodeixis includensSoybean Looper Moth
Elophila obliteralisWaterlily Leafcutter Moth
Mouralia tinctoidesMock Abrostola
Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
Spodoptera dolichosSweetpotato Armyworm, Dolichos Armyworm, Large Cotton Armyworm
Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

—Specialist beesPollen specialists

1BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Tradescantia

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

Growing and identification

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

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