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US Plant Patent PP17307

Sunny Florence

Osteospermum plant named ‘Sunny Florence’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 26, 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 PP17307, the photograph of Sunny Florence printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17307, 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
PP17307
Filed
September 26, 2005
Granted
December 26, 2006
Expires
September 26, 2025
Assignee
SUNNY OSTEOSPERMUM APS
Inventor
LARSEN BJARNE NYHOLM

Abstract

A new distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Sunny Florence’, characterized by strikingly clear orange ray florets, RHS 29C (upper side); gray-purple disc florets (RHS 186A (tip) to light purple, RHS 76D (base)) when inflorescence opens; many ray florets (35) in 1½ whorl; gray-green young foliage, RHS 189 A; and narrow leaves with 8 distinct pointed lobes.

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 Florence’, as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17307 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.