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US Plant Patent PP32246

Starstruck

Amsonia plant named ‘Starstruck’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 15, 2040.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP32246, the photograph of Starstruck printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP32246, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP32246
Filed
January 15, 2020
Granted
September 29, 2020
Expires
January 15, 2040
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and distinct Amsonia plant named ‘Starstruck’ characterized by winter-hardy, compact, densely-stemmed, clean habit with oblanceolate, medium-green foliage that goes dormant in the winter; single, periwinkle-blue, star-shaped flowers on medium-tall dark purple scapes flowering beginning about early-May and effective for about four weeks. The new plant is useful in the landscape as a specimen or en masse and also as a cut flower.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

The invention claimed is: 1. A new and distinct ornamental Blue Star, Amsonia plant named ‘Startstruck’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP32246 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.