Details
| Full name | Tradescantia spathacea (Bantam Group) ‘Lemon Sunset’. |
| Name status | Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. Registered on behalf of the community, the name will be established once published (Brickell et al., 2016, Art. 27.1). |
| Origins | Developed as a sport mutation from ‘HANSOTI02’ on multiple occasions. Named suggested by Tyleen Mansker and chosen by community vote. |
| Classification | The species Tradescantia spathacea is sometimes sold under its botanical synonyms Tradescantia discolor, Rhoeo spathacea, and Rhoeo discolor. The Bantam Group is a subset of T. spathacea cultivars with a smaller growth habit than the wild form. |
| Legal protection | None. |
| Availability | Locally available. |
Description
Described with reference to the RHS Colour Chart (6th Edition: 2019 reprint).
| Species | Tradescantia spathacea. |
| Growth habit | Compact, upright rosette which eventually begins to trail. |
| Foliage | Stems are 3-8mm wide, with internodes 1-3cm long, usually covered up by overlapping leaf bases, completely hairless. Leaves are narrow with almost parallel sides, 6-15cm long and 1-2.5cm wide, completely hairless. Upper surfaces are moderate yellow green (146C) to deep greenish yellow (153A), with no stripes. Undersides are greyish reddish purple (N77C) to greyish purplish red (N77B). |
| Flowers | Flowers are rare or unheard-of. |
References
Brickell, C. D., Alexander, C., Cubey, J. J., David, J. C., Hoffman, M. H. A., Leslie, A. C., Malécot, V., Jin, X. (2016). International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants. PDF link.