US Plant Patent PP12184
Namib Sun
Ornithogalum dubium plant named ‘Namib Sun’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired June 21, 2019. 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
- PP12184
- Filed
- June 21, 1999
- Granted
- November 6, 2001
- Expires
- June 21, 2019
- Inventor
- LITTLEJOHN GAIL; FARRINGER E L; FARRINGER C F
Abstract
‘Namib Sun’, an Ornithogalum dubium cultivar. ‘Namib Sun’ has a robust and vigorous growth pattern producing leaves 20-30 cm in length. The most striking characteristic of the mature plant is its spike-shaped inflorescence (raceme) which is between 30 and 50 cm tall and includes 50-60 flowers. The flowers are RHS 7 B yellow with green centers. Each ‘Namib Sun’ flower is cup-shaped to stellate with age, and two to three cm wide.
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 Ornithogalum dubium plant named ‘Namib Sun’, substantially as shown and described.
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