US Plant Patent PP7662
Little Fluorite
African violet plant named Little Fluorite
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 12, 2010. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.
The record
- Patent number
- PP7662
- Filed
- July 12, 1990
- Granted
- October 1, 1991
- Expires
- July 12, 2010
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of African violet named Little Fluorite which is a sport of Little Saphire, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,106. Little Fluorite is characterized by its miniature growth habit; single, lilac flowers, frequently with 1-2 additional small petals in the center; strong stems which curve toward the center to form a compact bouquet above the leaves; profuse and continuous flowering; dark green, spear-shaped leaves; flowering 10-11 weeks after planting of unrooted shoot, and by its long lasting and non-dropping flowers.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of African violet named Little Fluorite, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its miniature growth habit; single, lilac flowers, frequently with 1-2 additional small petals in the center; strong stems which curve toward the center to form a compact bouquet above the leaves; profuse and continuous flowering; dark green, spear-shaped leaves; flowering 10-11 weeks after planting of unrooted shoot, and by its long lasting and non-dropping flowers.
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