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‘Gold Mound’

Details

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

Published with no description by Royal Horticultural Society (2011, p. 787). No hardcopy description has been found, so the name is accepted and will be established once published (Brickell et al., 2016, Art. 27.1).
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.
AvailabilityRare or lost from cultivation, it was last listed for sale by Royal Horticultural Society (2012, p. 751).

Description

Described by Shoot Gardening (2022).

Cultivar groupTradescantia Andersoniana Group.
Growth habit60cm high.
FoliageYellow-green.
FlowersDeep 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.