US Plant Patent PP8145
Little Aztec Girl
African violet planted named Little Aztec Girl
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 26, 2011. 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
- PP8145
- Filed
- July 26, 1991
- Granted
- February 16, 1993
- Expires
- July 26, 2011
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of African violet named Little Aztec Girl characterized by its mid-size growth habit (13-15 cm in diameter); purplish red, semi-double to double flowers having 8-12 petals, the ones in the center being much smaller and occasionally covering up the anthers; strong stems which curve toward the center to form a compact bouquet above the leaves; profuse flowering; dark green, spear-shaped, serrated and very hairy 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 Aztec Girl, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its mid-size growth habit (13-15 cm in diameter); purplish red, semi-double to double flowers having 8-12 petals, the ones in the center being much smaller and occasionally covering up the anthers; strong stems which curve toward the center to form a compact bouquet above the leaves; profuse flowering; dark green, spear-shaped, serrated and very hairy leaves; flowering 10-11 weeks after planting of unrooted shoot, and by its long lasting and non-dropping flowers.
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