Details
| Full name | Tradescantia pallida ‘Green Moon’. |
| Name status | Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. Described online by Jane (2020). No hardcopy publication has been found, so the name is accepted and will be established once published (Brickell et al., 2016, Art. 27.1). |
| Origins | Cross between Tradescantia pallida ‘Ocampo White’ and an unnamed Tradescantia pallida plant, created in the USA by Erica Jane (2020). |
| Classification | The species Tradescantia pallida is sometimes labelled with its botanical synonyms Setcreasea pallida and Setcreasea purpurea. |
| Legal protection | None. |
| Availability | Only available from a small number of growers in the USA. |
Description
Described with reference to the RHS Colour Chart (6th Edition; 2019 reprint).
| Species | Tradescantia pallida. |
| Foliage | Green leaves with a pink trim, becoming deep purple when stressed. |
| Flowers | 25mm across. Petals are light purple (76A) with a stripe of white down the centre. |
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.
Jane, E. (2020, May 19). Tradescantia pallida ‘Green Moon’! We have a lot of new members and they may not know what this plant is [Photos attached] [Group post]. Facebook link.