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US Plant Patent PP12020

Purple Blush

Dimorphotheca plant named ‘Purple Blush’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 9, 2020. 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
PP12020
Filed
April 9, 2000
Granted
July 31, 2001
Expires
April 9, 2020
Inventor
ROTHER REINHARD W

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Dimorphotheca plant named ‘Purple Blush’, characterized by its upright and mounding growth habit; dark green leaves; freely branching habit; white ray florets with purple bases which gives the appearance of a purple ring at the center of the inflorescence; numerous inflorescences per plant; and relative tolerance to high temperatures.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Dimorphotheca plant named ‘Purple Blush’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12020 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.