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US Plant Patent PP12218

Salmena

Verbena plant named ‘Salmena’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 13, 2020. 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
PP12218
Filed
July 13, 2000
Granted
November 20, 2001
Expires
July 13, 2020
Inventor
STEMKENS HENRICUS G W

Abstract

A new Verbena plant particularly distinguished by its very large rose pink flower, early flowering, no seed set and hanging habit.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of Verbena plant, substantially as herein illustrated and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by larger rose pink flowers than other Verbena plants, which appear earlier on the plant, flowers that produce no seed and a growing habit that is spreading and very vigorous.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12218 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.