Details
| Full name | Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘Osprey’. |
| Name status | Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. Established with a description by Shoreway Nursery (1946, p. 13). |
| 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 | Mass-produced and widely available. |
Description
Preserved as a herbarium specimen (“Tradescantia ‘Osprey'”, 2012).
Described by Shoreway Nursery (1946, p. 13).
| Cultivar group | Tradescantia Andersoniana Group. |
| Flowers | Large, snow-white with deep violet stamens. |
References
Shoreway Nursery. (1946). Rock Plants and Perennials. Internet Archive link.
Tradescantia ‘Osprey’. (2012). [Herbarium specimen, barcode WSY0140609]. RHS Wisley Herbarium.