Details
| Full name | Tradescantia (Andersoniana Group) ‘Wild Eyes’. |
| Name status | Accepted, the valid name for a unique cultivar. Described online by Suncrest Nurseries Inc. (2022). 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 | Introduced by Suncrest Nurseries Inc. (2022), 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 in 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 | White with lavender centres. |
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.
Suncrest Nurseries Inc. (2022). Tradescantia virginiana ‘Wild Eyes’. Internet Archive link.