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US Plant Patent PP17178

NOTHOWLEE

Euphorbia plant named ‘NOTHOWLEE’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 13, 2025. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17178, the photograph of NOTHOWLEE printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17178, 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
PP17178
Filed
September 13, 2005
Granted
October 31, 2006
Expires
September 13, 2025
Assignee
HOWARD MARK, LEEDING SIMON
Inventor
HOWARD MARK; LEEDING SIMON

Abstract

A new cultivar of Euphorbia named ‘NOTHOWLEE’ that is distinguished by a compact clumping growth habit, dark purple foliage, and terminal cymes that open into bronze floral heads that completely cover the plant from May through summer. In combination, these characteristics provide a long period of garden interest and set ‘NOTHOWLEE’ apart from all other existing varieties of Euphorbia known to the inventor.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Euphorbia plant named ‘NOTHOWLEE’ as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17178 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.