Details
| Full name | Tradescantia pallida ‘Edge of Night’. |
| Name status | Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. Established with a description by McGuckin & McGuckin (2020). Because it is a legal protection registration, the name is accepted permamently (Brickell et al., 2016, Arts. 11.3, 11.4). |
| Origins | Natural mutation from an unnamed T. pallida plant. Selected, named, and introduced by McGuckin & McGuckin (2020). |
| Classification | The species T. pallida is sometimes labelled with its botanical synonyms Setcreasea pallida and Setcreasea purpurea. |
| Legal protection | Patented in the USA (McGuckin & McGuckin, 2020). |
| Availability | Not found for sale since its introduction. |
Description
Described by McGuckin & McGuckin (2020).
| Species | Tradescantia pallida. |
| Growth habit | Spreading and cascading. |
| Foliage | Upper leaf surfaces are dark purple (N137A to 138A to 79A) with light green margins (144A). Undersides are light greyish-green (191A) with sparse purple speckling (79A). |
| Flowers | About 20mm across, light purple petals (75B to 76B). |
| Comparisons | Based on the photographs, the foliage is very similar to ‘Shadow Hill’, but the flower petals are wider and more rounded. |
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.
McGuckin, D.J & McGuckin, T.P. (2020). Setcreasea plant named ‘Edge of Night’ [US Plant Patent PP31,916 P2]. United States Patent and Trademark Office. Internet Archive link.