Details
| Full name | Tradescantia cerinthoides ‘Green Nanouk’. |
| Name status | Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. Listed online with a photo by Bioactive Herps (2021). No hardcopy publication has been found, so the name is accepted and will be established once published (Brickell et al., 2016, Art. 27.1). Also known as:
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| Origins | Unknown, but most likely from reverted stems of Tradascantia cerinthoides ‘Nanouk’, which have developed separately on multiple occasions. |
| Classification | Like ‘Nanouk’, it is now accepted as Tradescantia cerinthoides based on Pellegrini (2018). |
| Legal protection | None. |
| Availability | Available from many growers, sometimes only labelled with its species. |
Description
Preserved in a herbarium specimen (“Tradecantia cerinthoides ‘Green Nanouk'”, 2023).
| Species | Tradescantia cerinthoides. |
| Growth habit | Initially upright, long stems eventually begin to sprawl and trail. |
| Foliage | Stems are 3-7mm thick with internodes 2-6cm long, moderate olive green (146A) to dark purplish grey (N187A) and smooth or with a line of tiny hairs running their length. Leaves are ovals, 5-12cm long and 2-5cm wide. The upper surfaces are greyish olive green (NN137A) to dark greyish green (N189A). The undersides are dark purplish grey (N187A) to dark purplish red (N79A) with moderate yellow green (147B) veins. Sheaths are moderate yellow green (147C) to greyish purplish red (N77B). |
| Flowers | 12-15mm across. Petals are white at the base and light reddish purple (N75A) to light purple (N81D) at the tips. The sepals are covered with hairs on the outer surface. |
References
Pellegrini, M. O. O. (2018). Wandering throughout South America: Taxonomic revision of Tradescantia subg. Austrotradescantia (D.R.Hunt) M.Pell. (Commelinaceae). PhytoKeys 104: 1-97. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.104.28484. Open access link.
Bioactive Herps. (2021, May 6). *** Plant of the Day *** Tradescantia Green Nanouk Tradescantia Green Nanouk is a much more subtle variant of the [Photo attached]. Facebook link.
Tradescantia cerinthoides ‘Green Nanouk’. (2023). [Herbarium specimen, barcode WSY0168551]. RHS Wisley Herbarium.