Details
Full name | Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘Western Rose’. |
Name status | Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. Established with a description by Pearce (1937, p. 62). |
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 | Probably lost from cultivation, it has not been documented since its first publication (Pearce, 1937, p. 62). |
Description
Described by Pearce (1937, p. 62).
Cultivar group | Tradescantia Andersoniana Group. |
Flowers | Rich rose, near red. |
References
Pearce, R. D. (1937). Seeds of Rare Plants. Internet Archive link.