Details
| Full name | Tradescantia (Continental Group) ‘Gelfling’. |
| Name status | Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. This newly-registered name is accepted and will be established once published in hardcopy (Brickell et al., 2016, Art. 27.1). |
| Origins | Originated as a sport mutation in 2020 from an unnamed plant of an unknown species, possibly a Tradescantia crassula hybrid. Named after a fictional character. Selected, named, registered, and introduced by Helen Winnington in Belfast, Northern Ireland. |
| Classification | Unknown species, possibly a hybrid involving Tradescantia crassula. Like other variegated Austrotradescantia hybrids, it is now placed in the Continental Group. |
| Legal protection | None. |
| Availability | Newly introduced in the UK. |
Description
| Cultivar group | Tradescantia Continental Group. |
| Growth habit | Trailing, compact habit. About 15cm high x 60cm spread. |
| Foliage | Leaves are 3-5cm long, oval-shaped. Top surfaces are green with lime or yellow stripes, sometimes with flecks and different shades of green. Undersides are pink. |
| Flowers | About 1cm across, white, frequent from late spring through summer. |
| Comparisons | Compared to Tradescantia ‘EC-TRADE-2011’, it has different coloured stripes and less rounded leaves. |
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.