NameThatPlant.net: Cuthbertia graminea

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Commelinales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cuthbertia graminea FAMILY Commelinaceae Go to FSUS key

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Learn more about Cuthbertia from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Callisia graminea FAMILY Commelinaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 038-03-001b:

Tradescantia rosea var. graminea FAMILY Commelinaceae

COMMON NAME:
Grassleaf Roseling, Pink Spiderwort, Slender Roseling

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cuthbertia graminea FAMILY Commelinaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Callisia graminea FAMILY Commelinaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 038-03-001b:
Tradescantia rosea var. graminea FAMILY Commelinaceae

2561

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain (uncommon to rare elsewhere)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rose
Radially symmetrical
3-merous
3 sepals
3 petals
6 fertile stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

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