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US Plant Patent PP18606

Sunny Dark Florence

Osteospermum plant named ‘Sunny Dark Florence’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 19, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 23, 2026. This patent earned 27 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18606, the photograph of Sunny Dark Florence printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18606, 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
PP18606
Filed
March 23, 2006
Granted
March 18, 2008
Expires
April 19, 2026
Assignee
AMERINOVA PROPERTIES LLC
Inventor
LARSEN BJARNE N

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Sunny Dark Florence’, characterized by its erect, compact growth habit, with short inflorescence stems, nonvariegated leaves, elliptic ray florets formed in one or two complete whorls, its vibrant orange ray floret color, with the under side of the ray florets having red-purple striations at the center and tips, and its dark violet-black disc florets.

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 Osteospermum plant named ‘Sunny Dark Florence’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18606 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.