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Bracted Spiderwort - Tradescantia bracteata
Undetermined Origin
Global Rank:
G5
State Rank:
SU
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Tradescantia bracteata is not verified as present in Montana. Tradescantia bracteata was reported from Carter and Custer Counties by the Flora of the Great Plains Atlas and specimens were found at the University of Kansas herbarium (KU). These specimens have since been re-determined to be Tradescantia occidentalis var. occidentalis. Another specimen reported to be Tradescantia bracteata is housed at the Oregon State University herbarium and needs to be re-examined before a status review can be conducted.
General Description
Stems erect to ascending, 5–45 cm, sometimes branched. Herbage glabrate. Leaves long-acuminate, 15–29 cm × 9–20 mm. Bracts 6–30 cm long. Flowers; pedicels 2–3 cm long; sepals 10–13 mm long, with glandular and eglandular hairs; petals rose, ca. 18 mm long; filaments pilose. Capsule 5–6 mm long (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Range Comments
MT to MN south to OK, KS. Known from Carter and Custer counties (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 7
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Ecology
POLLINATORS The following animal species have been reported as pollinators of this plant species or its genus where their geographic ranges overlap:
Bombus vagans,
Bombus pensylvanicus, and
Bombus griseocollis (Colla and Dumesh 2010).
References
- Literature Cited AboveLegend:
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Colla, S.R. and S. Dumesh. 2010. The bumble bees of southern Ontario: notes on natural history and distribution. Journal of the Entomological Society of Ontario 141:39-68.- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
- Additional ReferencesLegend: View Online Publication
Do you know of a citation we're missing?- King, L.A. 1980. Effects of topsoiling and other reclamation practices on nonseeded species establishment on surface mined land at Colstrip, Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 129 p.
- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
- Skilbred, Chester L. 1979. Plant succession on five naturally revegetated strip-mined deposits at Colstrip, Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 128 pp.
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