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{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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|image_alt=Tradescantia bracteata
|image_caption=''Tradescantia bracteata''
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|genus=Tradescantia
|image = Longbract Spiderwort (18736572938).jpg
|species = bracteata
|authority = [[John Kunkel Small|Small]] ''in'' [[Nathaniel Lord Britton|Britton]] & [[Addison Brown|A.Br.]]
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'''''Tradescantia bracteata''''', the '''longbract spiderwort''',<ref>{{PLANTS|id=TRBR|taxon=Tradescantia bracteata|accessdate=14 December 2015}}</ref> or '''prairie spiderwort''', is a species of ''[[Tradescantia]]''. It is native to the northern and central [[Great Plains]] and [[Mississippi Valley]] regions of the [[United States]], from [[Arkansas]] and [[Oklahoma]] north to [[Minnesota]] and [[Montana]], with a few isolated populations farther east.<ref>{{WCSP|270190|Tradescantia bracteata}}</ref><ref>{{BONAP|ref |genus=Tradescantia |species=bracteata}}</ref> It is grown for its purple flowers. It blooms from May to July in the US.<ref>[http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Plant.asp?code=G700 Gardening Help, Missouri Botanical Garden]</ref> A protected population of the species is found in the [[Sugarloaf Mountains-Midland Peak Natural Area]].
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[[Category:Tradescantia|bracteata]]
[[Category:Plants described in 1898]]
[[Category:Flora of the Northwestern United States]]
[[Category:Garden plants]]
[[Category:Flora of the North-Central United States]]
[[Category:Flora of the Northeastern United States]]
[[Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status]]
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