US Plant Patent PP16914

WC 32/44

Osteospermum plant named ‘WC 32/44’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 31, 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.

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The record

Patent number: PP16914
Filed: March 31, 2005
Granted: August 1, 2006
Expires: March 31, 2025
Assignee: ERNST BENARY SAMENZNEHT GMBH
Inventor: MEHRING-LEMPER MANFRED

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘WC 32/44’, characterized by its compact, upright and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; freely and continuous flowering habit; and large inflorescences with white-colored ray florets.

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1. A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘WC 32/44’, as illustrated and described.

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