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Tradescantia pinetorum

A small purple-flowered spiderwort of open pine and pine-oak woods in the mountains of Arizona, New Mexico and northwest Mexico. It grows with the summer monsoon and dies back for a cold, mostly dry winter, so it does best treated as a seasonal perennial rather than a year-round houseplant.

At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night A clear drop at nightTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Dry airBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Herbaceous perennial of open conifer and pine-oak woodland on mountain slopes, growing in the light shade between trees. Detail beyond 'open woods' is thin; the picture here is built from the measured sites and the habits of related southwestern Tradescantia.

Recorded from about 970 to 3,130 m, median near 1,980 m, i.e. mid-elevation sky-island woodland.

ArizonaNew MexicoMexico NorthwestMexico Northeast

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app.