Details
| Full name | Tradescantia ‘Pink Hill’. |
| Name status | Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. Listed with no description, for sale since 1999 by Floricode (2022). No hardcopy description has been found, so the name is accepted and will be established once published (Brickell et al., 2016, Art. 27.1). |
| Origins | Unknown. |
| Classification | The cultivar is sometimes identified as Tradescantia fluminensis, sometimes as Tradescantia umbraculifera. It is currently treated as an unknown species or hybrid of the subgenus Austrotradescantia. |
| Legal protection | None. |
| Availability | Available occasionally from specialists. |
Description
Preserved as a herbarium specimen (“Tradescantia ‘Pink Hill'”, 2022).
Described with reference to the RHS Colour Chart (6th Edition: 2019 reprint).
| Subgenus | Tradescantia subg. Austrotradescantia. |
| Growth habit | Low-growing, creeping stems which will spread out of any container and trail downwards. |
| Foliage | Stems are 1-4mm wide, with internodes 1.5-6cm long, smooth except for one line of tiny hairs running along the length. New growth stems are strong yellow green (144A), aging to dark greyish green (N189A) and sometimes dark purplish red (N79A). Leaves are slightly asymmetrical narrow pointed ovals, 5-7cm long and 1.5-2.5cm wide, smooth except for a few hairs at the top of the sheath. On leaves with good variegation, the upper surface is mostly dark yellowish green (189A), with thin edges and random stripes in light purple (84C). Reversion is very common, which causes leaves to develop solid areas of greyish olive green (NN137A). Leaf undersides are greyish reddish purple (N77C), with pale stripes showing through, and the central vein strong yellow green (144A). Sheaths are light yellow green (145B). |
| Flowers | Small white flowers, typical for the species. Not common when grown indoors. |
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.
Floricode. (2022). E-Barcodes. Internet Archive link.
Tradescantia ‘Pink Hill’. (2022). [Herbarium specimen, barcode WSY0168495]. RHS Wisley Herbarium.