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Trandescantia ohiensis - Ohio Spiderwort mutant
Tall, perennial plant with linear, gray-green leaves and blue-violet flowers. The flower color varies depending on the angle and lighting. This flower is exhibiting a petal mutation in which it has two petals rather than the typical three. This was likely caused by damage to the bud resulting in alterations in the meristematic tissue.
Habitat:
Growing on the side of a road on a sunny hillside at Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park in Marietta, Georgia.
"Normal" Ohio Spiderwort specimen nearby:
"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.
