Tradescantia longipes
A dwarf spiderwort of the Ozark region of Missouri and Arkansas, forming low tufts with long-stalked flower clusters held close to the ground in spring. It is a winter-dormant woodland perennial that wants cold winters, a bright spring and shade once the trees leaf out.
Where it grows wild
Grows in open, rocky oak and oak-pine woods and on wooded slopes and ridges in the Ozarks, usually in thin, well-drained soils. Details here are generalised from the genus's woodland species and the measured sites.
Measured records sit at about 170-335 m (median 200 m); the species reaches somewhat higher on Ozark ridges, but stays below about 500 m.
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