US Plant Patent PP19367
Prairie Fire
Panicum plant named ‘Prairie Fire’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends July 30, 2027.
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
- PP19367
- Filed
- July 30, 2007
- Granted
- October 21, 2008
- Expires
- July 30, 2027
- Assignee
- TRUCKS GARY M
- Inventor
- TRUCKS GARY M
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of ornamental Panicum virgatum plant named ‘Prairie Fire’ with erect culms and becoming deep wine red early in the season, suitable as a potted plant, for mass or specimen landscaping, and for cut flower arrangements.
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1. A new and distinct cultivar of ornamental Panicum virgatum Plant named ‘Prairie Fire’ as herein described and illustrated, with erect culms and becoming deep wine red early in the season, suitable as a potted plant, for the garden, and for cut flower arrangements.
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