Index / Search / Tradescantia occidentalis
§1 Plant
Tradescantia occidentalis (Britton) Smyth
vernacular prairie spiderwort — species · Commelinaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Commelinaceae Mirb.
- Genus
- Tradescantia
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 383 counties across 15 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 383 counties across 15 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Baca 08009
- Bent 08011
- Boulder 08013
- Cheyenne 08017
- Custer 08027
- Denver 08031
- Douglas 08035
- El Paso 08041
- Elbert 08039
- Fremont 08043
- Jefferson 08059
- Kiowa 08061
- Kit Carson 08063
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Lincoln 08073
- Logan 08075
- Morgan 08087
- Otero 08089
- Phillips 08095
- Prowers 08099
- Pueblo 08101
- San Juan 08111
- Sedgwick 08115
- Washington 08121
- Weld 08123
- Yuma 08125
Kansas view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Dickinson 20041
- Edwards 20047
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Haskell 20081
- Kearny 20093
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Lincoln 20105
- Meade 20119
- Mitchell 20123
- Morton 20129
- Norton 20137
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Pratt 20151
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Rooks 20163
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Seward 20175
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Stafford 20185
- Stanton 20187
- Stevens 20189
- Sumner 20191
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Wallace 20199
- Wichita 20203
Louisiana view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Assumption 22007
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Cameron 22023
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Iberville 22047
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Livingston 22063
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Mary 22101
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Webster 22119
- West Baton Rouge 22121
- West Carroll 22123
- Winn 22127
Minnesota view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Antelope 31003
- Arthur 31005
- Blaine 31009
- Boone 31011
- Box Butte 31013
- Boyd 31015
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Chase 31029
- Cherry 31031
- Cheyenne 31033
- Cuming 31039
- Custer 31041
- Dawes 31045
- Deuel 31049
- Dundy 31057
- Franklin 31061
- Garden 31069
- Garfield 31071
- Greeley 31077
- Hall 31079
- Holt 31089
- Howard 31093
- Kearney 31099
- Keith 31101
- Kimball 31105
- Knox 31107
- Lancaster 31109
- Lincoln 31111
- Logan 31113
- Loup 31115
- Madison 31119
- Merrick 31121
- Morrill 31123
- Nuckolls 31129
- Pierce 31139
- Red Willow 31145
- Rock 31149
- Sarpy 31153
- Scotts Bluff 31157
- Sheridan 31161
- Sioux 31165
- Thayer 31169
- Thomas 31171
New Mexico view state ↗ 12 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Alfalfa 40003
- Blaine 40011
- Caddo 40015
- Canadian 40017
- Cimarron 40025
- Cleveland 40027
- Comanche 40031
- Cotton 40033
- Custer 40039
- Dewey 40043
- Ellis 40045
- Garfield 40047
- Grady 40051
- Grant 40053
- Harmon 40057
- Harper 40059
- Jefferson 40067
- Kay 40071
- Kingfisher 40073
- Kiowa 40075
- Logan 40083
- Major 40093
- Marshall 40095
- McClain 40087
- McCurtain 40089
- Murray 40099
- Noble 40103
- Nowata 40105
- Oklahoma 40109
- Payne 40119
- Pottawatomie 40125
- Roger Mills 40129
- Stephens 40137
- Texas 40139
- Tillman 40141
- Tulsa 40143
- Washita 40149
- Woods 40151
- Woodward 40153
South Dakota view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 82 N ▾
- Andrews 48003
- Archer 48009
- Armstrong 48011
- Austin 48015
- Bailey 48017
- Baylor 48023
- Bell 48027
- Bexar 48029
- Brazos 48041
- Brown 48049
- Burleson 48051
- Burnet 48053
- Callahan 48059
- Cameron 48061
- Carson 48065
- Chambers 48071
- Childress 48075
- Clay 48077
- Collingsworth 48087
- Comanche 48093
- Concho 48095
- Coryell 48099
- Crane 48103
- Crockett 48105
- Culberson 48109
- Dallam 48111
- Dallas 48113
- Denton 48121
- Donley 48129
- Eastland 48133
- Edwards 48137
- El Paso 48141
- Ellis 48139
- Fisher 48151
- Freestone 48161
- Galveston 48167
- Garza 48169
- Goliad 48175
- Gonzales 48177
- Hamilton 48193
- Hardeman 48197
- Hartley 48205
- Haskell 48207
- Hays 48209
- Hill 48217
- Hutchinson 48233
- Jasper 48241
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Jefferson 48245
- Jim Wells 48249
- Kent 48263
- Kinney 48271
- Lamar 48277
- Live Oak 48297
- Llano 48299
- Mason 48319
- McLennan 48309
- Midland 48329
- Motley 48345
- Navarro 48349
- Palo Pinto 48363
- Parker 48367
- Potter 48375
- Presidio 48377
- Randall 48381
- Robertson 48395
- Runnels 48399
- Sabine 48403
- San Patricio 48409
- San Saba 48411
- Schleicher 48413
- Sutton 48435
- Tarrant 48439
- Taylor 48441
- Terrell 48443
- Travis 48453
- Val Verde 48465
- Ward 48475
- Wheeler 48483
- Wichita 48485
- Winkler 48495
- Wise 48497
Wisconsin view state ↗ 6 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/TROC ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2765322 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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