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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Tradescantia spathacea Sw.
Boat lily, Oyster plant

Tradescantia spathacea
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley

Family: Commelinaceae

Group: Monocot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Herb

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

Native Range: Mexico and Central America; widely cultivated and naturalized in the West Indies, Florida and elsewhere.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

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Synonyms: Rhoeo discolor, Rhoeo spathacea.

Other data on Tradescantia spathacea available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Tradescantia spathacea has been reported for the following 3 habitats in the Bahama Archipelago :
Coppice
Disturbed Upland
Thicket

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Tradescantia spathacea
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Tradescantia spathacea
Copyright by: James Johnson, 2014
In habitat, Miramar Pineland Natural Area,
Broward County, Florida
Tradescantia spathacea
Copyright by: George Gann, 2017
In habitat, Lake Ida Parcel, Delray Beach, Florida
Tradescantia spathacea
Copyright by: Michelle M. Smith, 2018
Naturalized at Florida City Pineland, Miami-Dade County, Florida
Tradescantia spathacea
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer