Plant Details

Accepted name:: Tradescantia occidentalis (Britton) Smyth [Commelinaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Tradescantia occidentalis var. melanthera MacRoberts

Tradescantia occidentalis var. scopulorum (Rose) E.S.Anderson & Woodson

Tradescantia occidentalis var. occidentalis

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
prairie spiderwort	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Tradescantia occidentalis var. typica E.S.Anderson & Woodson Contr. Arnold Arbor. 9: 101 (1935), not validly publ.
Tradescantia virginiana var. occidentalis Britton Ill. Fl. N. U.S. 1: 377 (1896).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Tradescantia occidentalis (Britt.) Smyth	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Tradescantia occidentalis (Britton) Smyth	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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