Details
| Full name | Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘Storm Warning’. |
| Name status | Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. Described online by Hatch (2021). No hardcopy publication has been found, so the name is accepted and will be established once published (Brickell et al., 2016, Art. 27.1). |
| Origins | From Eastcoast Nurseries, before 2001 (Hatch, 2021). |
| 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 | Rare or lost from cultivation, only known from Eastcoast Nurseries before 2001 (Hatch, 2021). |
Description
Described by Hatch (2021).
| Cultivar group | Tradescantia Andersoniana Group. |
| Growth habit | 45cm high. |
| Flowers | Large, dark bluish-purple. |
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.
Hatch, L. C. (2021). Hatch’s Perennials 2021-2022 Edition: Taccarum to Typha.