US Plant Patent PP8867
Viette
Rudbeckia plant named Viette's Little Suzy
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired August 3, 2013. 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
- PP8867
- Filed
- August 3, 1993
- Granted
- August 23, 1994
- Expires
- August 3, 2013
- Assignee
- VIETTE MARK A
- Inventor
- VIETTE MARK A
Abstract
A rudbeckia fulgida var. speciosa plant named Viette's Little Suzy, characterized by its dwarf habit, having a total plant height of only 14 inches, approximately one-half the typical height of plants of this species, bright yellow orange ray florets and a domed dark purple center, very floriferous habit; and dark green foliage which fades to a dark grayed-purple during cooler temperatures and after frost.
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 Rudbeckia plant named Viette's Little Suzy, as illustrated and described.
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