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Tradescantia ernestiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Commelinales
Family:	Commelinaceae
Genus:	Tradescantia
Species:	T. ernestiana
Binomial name
Tradescantia ernestiana (E.S. Anderson & Woodson)

Tradescantia ernestiana, commonly called Ernest's Spiderwort, is a species of plant in the dayflower family that is native mainly to the interior highlands of the United States with a disjunct population in Alabama. The plant is also found in Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri, and Oklahoma.

It is a perennial that produces purple or blue flowers in the spring on herbaceous stems.

References

1. NRCS. "Tradescantia ernestiana". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 29 March 2020.
2. "Tradescantia ernestiana". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2020.
3. "Know Your Natives – Ernest's Spidewort". Arkansas Native Plant Society. Archived from the original on February 18, 2021. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
4. "Tradescantia ernestiana". Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Retrieved 29 March 2020.

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