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‘Blue Tuffet’

Details

Full nameTradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘Blue Tuffet’.
Name statusAccepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar.

Established with a description by Pearce (1941, p. 20).
OriginsUnknown.
ClassificationLike other hardy garden hybrids, it is now placed in the Andersoniana Group. These hybrids are sometimes mislabelled as Tradescantia virginiana or the invalid botanical hybrid Tradescantia × andersoniana.
Legal protectionNone.
AvailabilityProbably lost from cultivation, it has not been documented since its first publication (Pearce, 1941, p. 20).

Description

Described by Pearce (1941, p. 20).

Cultivar groupTradescantia Andersoniana Group.
Growth habitDwarf growing.
FlowersIndigo blue.

References

Pearce, R. D. (1941). Autumn Rarities in Seeds Bulbs and Plants. Internet Archive link.