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Tradescantia_ohiensis_2024-06-12 SW Michigan USA Found along the two-track road in a hunters parking area. By the time I got back home the three top flowers had closed up.. I tried to coax them open by leaving an overhead light on overnight but this is about as open as they got.<br /> <br /> Next day I went back and got this one:<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/161366/tradescantia_ohiensis_2024-06-13_sw_michigan_usa.html" title="Tradescantia_ohiensis_2024-06-13 SW Michigan USA"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/11710/161366_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=v%2BL0VHAx%2BDsNhBYlhuQIDXfqGQA%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Tradescantia_ohiensis_2024-06-13 SW Michigan USA I collected another flower and managed to photograph it before it closed up.<br /> <br /> The flower I collected the previous day closed by the time I got home:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/161360/tradescantia_ohiensis_2024-06-12_sw_michigan_usa.html Geotagged,Ohio spiderwort,Spring,Tradescantia ohiensis,United States" /></a></figure> Geotagged,Ohio spiderwort,Spring,Tradescantia ohiensis,United States Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Tradescantia_ohiensis_2024-06-12 SW Michigan USA

Found along the two-track road in a hunters parking area. By the time I got back home the three top flowers had closed up.. I tried to coax them open by leaving an overhead light on overnight but this is about as open as they got.

Next day I went back and got this one:

Tradescantia_ohiensis_2024-06-13 SW Michigan USA I collected another flower and managed to photograph it before it closed up.<br /> <br /> The flower I collected the previous day closed by the time I got home:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/161360/tradescantia_ohiensis_2024-06-12_sw_michigan_usa.html Geotagged,Ohio spiderwort,Spring,Tradescantia ohiensis,United States

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The Ohio Spiderwort

"Tradescantia ohiensis" is an herbaceous plant species in the genus "Tradescantia" native to eastern + central North America. It is the most common and widely distributed species of "Tradescantia" in the United States, where it can be found from Maine in the northeast, west to Minnesota, and south to Texas and Florida. It also has a very small distribution in Canada in extreme southern Ontario near Windsor.

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Similar species: Commelinales
Species identified by Jon Reck
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Uploaded Jun 13, 2024. Captured Jun 12, 2024 06:36 in JG5V+39 Rutland Charter Township, MI, USA.
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  • NIKON D850
  • f/1.0
  • 1/40s
  • ISO64