Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-        Plate No. 105

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-COMMON_NAMES- Virginian Tradescantia, Spiderwort
-GENUS- Tradescantia
-SPECIES- Tradescantia virginica
-CLASS- Hexandria
-ORDER- Monogynia
-AUTHORITY- Linnaeus

-MODERN_GENUS- Tradescantia
-MODERN_SPECIES- Tradescantia virginiana
-MODERN_FAMILY- Commelinaceae

-PLANT_TYPE- hardy perennial
-COLOR- purple, pale purple or white
-SEASON-summer
-NATIVE_REGION- Virginia 

-SOURCE- The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME- 3
-PUB_DATE- 1789
-REISSUED- 1797
-EDITOR- William Curtis
-ARTIST- J. Sowerby
-NALPCD- Disc 0644 IMG0099.PCD