Trans-Pecos Spiderwort
Tradescantia brevifolianative · Central Texas
Trans-Pecos Spiderwort is a perennial wildflower native to Central Texas that grows 1–1.5 ft tall and 3 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water. Blooms pink and purple in May–Oct. Evergreen — it holds its leaves through winter. Good for bees.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Perennial wildflower
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3–6 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 1–1.5 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Bloom
- May–Oct · pink, purple
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Soil
- Recorded on dry, moist, rocky, well drained
- Wildlife
- Supports bees
Where it grows
No Level IV record in the launch area yet. Recorded in these Texas ecoregions:
Trans-PecosChihuahuan Desert
4 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.