Details
| Full name | Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘Caerulea Plena’. |
| Name status | Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. Established with a description by Bailey (1917, p. 3364). Because it was published before 1959, the Latin name can be accepted (Brickell et al., 2016, Art. 21.11). |
| Origins | Unknown. |
| Classification | Like 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 protection | None. |
| Availability | Available from many nurseries. |
Description
Described by Blütenwolke (1928, p. 33).
| Cultivar group | Tradescantia Andersoniana Group. |
| Flowers | Double-petalled and blue. |
References
Bailey, L. H. (1917). The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. The Macmillan Company.
Blütenwolke. (1928). Gräflich Schwerin sche Staudenkulturen [Count Schwerin’s perennial plants]. Internet Archive link.
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.