Details
Full name | Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘Multiflora’. |
Name status | Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. Established with a description by Hoopes, Bro. & Thomas (1876, p. 49). Because it was published before 1959, the Latin name can be accepted (Brickell et al., 2016, Art. 21.11). |
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 | Probably lost from cultivation, it has not been documented since its first publication (Hoopes, Bro. & Thomas (1876, p. 49). |
Description
Described by Hoopes, Bro. & Thomas (1876, p. 49).
Cultivar group | Tradescantia Andersoniana Group. |
Flowers | Pale blue and very numerous. |
References
Hoopes, Bro. & Thomas. (1876). Alpine & Hardy Perennials Plants, 1876. Internet Archive link.
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.