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US Plant Patent PP12104

Sunsenebu

Senecio genus plant named ‘Sunsenebu’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 2, 2019. 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
PP12104
Filed
July 2, 1999
Granted
September 25, 2001
Expires
July 2, 2019
Assignee
SUNTORY LTD
Inventor
MIYAZAKI KIYOSHI

Abstract

A new variety of Senecio plant is provided that forms clusters of attractive large single flowers having violet petals with no marginal variegation and dark violet disks. A tall growth habit with abundant branching is displayed. The stems possess sparse pubescence. The flowering duration is long and the flowers posses some fragrance.

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 Senecio plant named ‘Sunsenebu’, substantially as herein illustrated and described, having (A) a tall dome-shaped growth habit with abundant branching, (B) sparse pubescence on the stems, (C) small leaves, (D) clusters of large flowers having violet petals with no marginal variegation and deep violet disks, and (E) a long flowering period.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12104 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.