Details
| Full name | Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘Little White Doll’. |
| Name status | Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. Listed for sale in Royal Horticultural Society (2000, p. 718). No hardcopy description has been found, so the name is accepted and will be formally established once published (Brickell et al., 2016, Art. 27.3). |
| 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 | Available from many nurseries. |
Description
Described by Walnut Tree Garden Nursery (2022).
| Cultivar group | Tradescantia Andersoniana Group. |
| Growth habit | 25cm high. |
| Flowers | White, with fluffy blue and gold stamens. |
References
Royal Horticultural Society. (2000). RHS Plant Finder 2000.
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.
Walnut Tree Garden Nursery. (2022). Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘Little While Doll’ (Spiderwort). Internet Archive link.