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US Plant Patent PP37059

Half Pint

Panicum plant named ‘Half Pint’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 29, 2045.

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
PP37059
Filed
January 29, 2025
Granted
October 21, 2025
Expires
January 29, 2045
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and distinct plant of ornamental Switch Grass named Panicum ‘Half Pint’ with upright blue-green foliage that retains its coloration into the fall. The upright, compact, and dense culms produce small-height plants with broadly airy panicles beginning greyed green, developing rosy-reddish seed heads that are retained as creamy-tan into winter. The upright foliage and inflorescences produce a tight habit that is narrower than the height of the inflorescences. The new plant is useful in the landscape as a specimen, en masse, or in a container.

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 ornamental Switch Grass, Panicum plant named ‘Half Pint’, as herein described and illustrated.

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