Details
Full name | Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘Violeta’. |
Name status | Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. Described online by Suncrest Nurseries Inc. (2022). No hardcoy publication has been found, so the name is accepted and will be established once published (Brickell et al., 2016, Art. 27.1). Not to be confused with:
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Origins | Introduced by Suncrest Nurseries Inc. (2022). |
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 Suncrest Nurseries Inc. (2022). |
Description
Described by Suncrest Nurseries Inc. (2022).
Cultivar group | Tradescantia Andersoniana Group. |
Growth habit | 30-60cm high. |
Flowers | Intense violet. |
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.
Suncrest Nurseries Inc. (2022). Tradescantia virginiana ‘Violeta’. Internet Archive link.