US Plant Patent PP11352
Sunbelkist
Petunia plant named `Sunbelkist`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 14, 2018. 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.
The record
- Patent number
- PP11352
- Filed
- January 14, 1998
- Granted
- April 18, 2000
- Expires
- January 14, 2018
- Assignee
- SUNTORY LTD
- Inventor
- MURAKAMI YASUYUKI
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a Petunia plant, having a semi-decumbent growth habit and long stems. The Petunia plant has abundant branching, with strong secondary branching, and a great profusion of blooms. The whole bush remains in bloom for a considerable period of time. The flowers are single and very small, the bi-colored petals have a vivid purplish red streak on a brilliant yellow base color. The bottom coloration of the corolla throat is strong yellow and the outside color of the corolla tube is light greenish yellow. The plant has a high resistance to rain, heat, drought and pests such as mites and aphids.
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 variety of Petunia plant, substantially as herein illustrated and described, having the following combination of characteristics (A) a semi-decumbent growth habit with long stems, (B) an abundant branching with particularly strong secondary branching, and a great profusion of blooms with the entire plant remaining in bloom for a considerable period of time, (C) flowers that are single and very small with bi-colored petals having a vivid purplish red streak with slightly dark reddish brown veins on brilliant yellow base color with the bottom color of the corolla throat being strong yellow and the outside color of corolla tube being light greenish yellow, and (D) a high resistance to rain, heat, drought and pests such as mites and aphids.
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