All photos copyright Eva Šusteková 2024
Details
| Full name | Tradescantia (Continental Group) ‘Jara’. |
| Name status | Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. Registered in 2024, the name will be established once published in hardcopy (Brickell et al., 2016, Art. 27.1). |
| Origins | Sport mutation from Tradescantia ‘Albovittata’ discovered in 2021, which may have arisen independently multiple times. Named after the registrant’s grandmother Jaroslava who owned the original parent plant. In Czech Jaroslava means spring celebration, and jaro means spring. The name is pronounced “yara” in English. Selected, named, registered, and introduced by Eva Šusteková in Prague, Czech Republic. |
| Classification | Like the parent cultivar, it is now placed in the Continental Group. These cultivars are often mislabelled as T. albiflora or T. fluminensis, but do not fully match that species are appear to be hybrids in the Austrotradescantia subgenus. |
| Legal protection | None. |
| Availability | Locally available in Europe and the UK. |
Description
Described by Eva Šusteková.
| Cultivar group | Tradescantia Continental Group. |
| Growth habit | Herbaceous with a creeping, trailing habit. Succulent stems which root easily at the nodes. Can grow to 15-30cm upright, but trailing stems can be much longer. Forms a mat-like spread when grown hoizontally, creating a dense, low ground cover. |
| Foliage | Leaves are long pointed ovals, 5-10cm long and 1.3-2.5cm wide. They have a slightly fleshy, smooth texture and a glossy appearance. The leaves are variegated with a mixture of green (like Pantone 363 C) and white. The variegated pattern has a blurred appearance rather than solid stripes. |
| Flowers | Not observed yet, most likely identical to ‘Albovittata’: 12-15mm across and pure white with yellow anthers. |
| Comparisons | Compared to ‘Albovittata’, the variegation has no sharp edges but instead a blurred pattern. Compared to other Continental Group cultivars, the growth habit is more trailing with longer stems. |
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.