Tradescantia ozarkana is a species of Tradescantia

Tradescantia

Tradescantia , the Spiderworts, is a genus of an estimated 71 species of perennial plants in the family Commelinaceae, native to the New World from southern Canada south to northern Argentina. They are weakly upright to scrambling plants, growing to 30–60 cm tall, and are commonly found...

. It is part of the Commelinaceae

Commelinaceae

Commelinaceae is a family of flowering plants. In less formal contexts, the group is referred to as the dayflower family or spiderwort family. It is one of five families in the order Commelinales and by far the largest of these with an estimated 650 species in 40 genera. Well known genera include...

 family.

Stems

The stems can grow to over 50cm tall. They grow from thickened roots and are characterized as herbaceous, typically glabrous but occasionally hirsute. The stems are glaucous

Glaucous

Glaucous is used to describe the pale grey or bluish-green appearance of the surfaces of some plants, as well as in the names of birds, such as the Glaucous Gull , Glaucous-winged Gull , Glaucous Macaw , and Glaucous...

 and somewhat succulent.

Leaves

The leaves are alternate and sheathing at the base, growing up to 30cm long. Each leaf is about 4cm broad. The leaves are glaucous above and below (less so above), glabrous, ciliate

Ciliate

The ciliates are a group of protozoans characterized by the presence of hair-like organelles called cilia, which are identical in structure to flagella but typically shorter and present in much larger numbers with a different undulating pattern than flagella...

 margined, and narrowly lanceolate.

Inflorescence

Terminal, bracteate

Bracteate

A bracteate is a flat, thin, single-sided gold medal worn as jewelry that was produced in Northern Europe predominantly during the Migration Period of the Germanic Iron Age...

, umbellate

Umbel

An umbel is an inflorescence which consists of a number of short flower stalks which are equal in length and spread from a common point, somewhat like umbrella ribs....

 cymes are found about the flowers. The pedicel

Pedicel (botany)

A pedicel is a stem that attaches single flowers to the main stem of the inflorescence. It is the branches or stalks that hold each flower in an inflorescence that contains more than one flower....

s are about 3cm long, glandular pilose

Indumentum

The indumentum is a covering of fine hairs or bristles on a plant or insect.In plants, the indumentum types are:*pubescent*hirsute*pilose*villous*tomentose*stellate*scabrous*scurfy...

, and strongly recurving in fruit.

Flowers

The flowers have three petals which are white to pink or lilac. They are glabrous and broadly ovate, about 2cm long and forming broad, distinct shapes. Each flower has six stamen

Stamen

The stamen is the pollen producing reproductive organ of a flower...

s. The filaments are 3mm long and are white, with dense multicellular hairs longer than the filament attached mostly to the lower half. The anthers are yellow and are 2mm broad and 1mm long. Style 1 they are glabrous and are 2-3mm long. The ovaries are 3-locular (one ovule per locule), with erect gland-tipped hairs on the summit. They have three sepals and are ovate, acute and glandular pilose externally, glabrous internally. The sepals are about 8mm long and 4mm broad with free accrescent.