Common spiderwort

Tradescantia ohiensis

Habitat:
   Light: sun -light shade
   Moisture: wet mesic -dry mesic

   Height: 1.5 -2.5 ft.
   Flowering Time: late spring through summer

Notes: perennial roots spread to form a compact patch of greyish-green sword-shaped leaves; short-lived blooms in morning fade by afternoon; flowers repeatedly summer through fall; flower color varies from pinkish-purple - blue.

   Range in Michigan: SE,SW,NL