Details
| Full name | Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘Pink Spider’. |
| Name status | Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. Listed with no description by Royal Horticultural Society (2017, p. 787). 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 | 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 | Only known from Ashwood Nurseries (2022). |
Description
Described by Ashwood Nurseries (2022).
| Cultivar group | Tradescantia Andersoniana Group. |
| Growth habit | 45-50cm high. |
| Foliage | Green. |
| Flowers | Pink, with a slightly ruffled edge. |
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.
Royal Horticultural Society. (2017). RHS Plant Finder 2017.
Ashwood Nurseries. (2022). Tradescantia andersoniana ‘Pink Spider’ Spiderwort. Internet Archive link.