Details
| Full name | Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘Gold Mound’. |
| Name status | Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. Published with no description by Royal Horticultural Society (2011, p. 787). Established by Rowe (2025). |
| 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 | Rare or lost from cultivation, it was last listed for sale by Royal Horticultural Society (2012, p. 751). |
Description
Described by Shoot Gardening (2022).
| Cultivar group | Tradescantia Andersoniana Group. |
| Growth habit | 60cm high. |
| Foliage | Yellow-green. |
| Flowers | Deep purple. |
References
Royal Horticultural Society. (2011). RHS Plant Finder 2011.
Royal Horticultural Society. (2012). RHS Plant Finder 2012.
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.
Shoot Gardening. (2022). Tradescantia ‘Gold Mound’ (Spider lily ‘Gold Mound’). Internet Archive link.
Rowe, A. (2025). Compiling the first Tradescantia cultivar checklist. HortScience, 60(9); 1534-1542. Open access link.