US Plant Patent PP18429

Fatal Attraction

Echinacea plant named ‘Fatal Attraction’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 5, 2026. 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.

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The record

Patent number: PP18429
Filed: August 5, 2006
Granted: January 15, 2008
Expires: August 5, 2026
Assignee: FUTURE PLANTS LICENTIE BV
Inventor: OUDOLF PETRUS HENDRICUS

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Echinacea plant named ‘Fatal Attraction’, characterized by its compact and upright plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely flowering habit; large single inflorescences with red purple-colored ray florets; and strong dark purple-colored peduncles that hold the inflorescences above the foliar plane.

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

1. A new and distinct Echinacea plant named ‘Fatal Attraction’ as illustrated and described.

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