U.S. patent number PP18,908 [Application Number 11/698,654] was granted by the patent office on 2008-06-10 for salvia plant named `sunsarusamo`.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Syngenta Seeds B.V.. Invention is credited to Takuro Ishihara, Yasunori Yomo.
United States Patent |
PP18,908 |
Yomo , et al. |
June 10, 2008 |
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Salvia plant named `Sunsarusamo`
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Salvia plant named `Sunsarusamo`
characterized by its upright and relatively compact plant habit,
freely basal branching habit, dense and bushy plant form, freely
flowering habit, salmon colored flowers, and tolerance to high and
lower temperatures.
Inventors: |
Yomo; Yasunori (Kanagawa,
JP), Ishihara; Takuro (Tokyo, JP) |
Assignee: |
Syngenta Seeds B.V. (Enkhuizen,
NL)
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Family
ID: |
39484596 |
Appl.
No.: |
11/698,654 |
Filed: |
January 26, 2007 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/475 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
5/12 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/00 (20060101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/263 |
Primary Examiner: Para; Annette H
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Edwards; Matthew
Claims
What is claimed is:
1. A new and distinct cultivar of Salvia plant named `Sunsarusamo,`
substantially as herein illustrated and described.
Description
Latin name of the genus and species of the plant claimed: Salvia
jamensis.
Varietal denomination: `Sunsarusamo`.
BACKGROUND OF THE NEW PLANT
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
Salvia plant, botanically known as Salvia jamensis, and hereinafter
referred to by the name `Sunsarusamo.`
The new Salvia is a product of a planned breeding program conducted
by the inventors in Higashiomi-shi, Shiga, Japan. The new cultivar
`Sunsarusamo` is compact with bushy growth habit and numerous
flowers with attractive coloration.
The new Salvia originated from a self-pollination made by the
inventors in April, 1998 of a proprietary Salvia selection
identified as code number `97S34-2,` not patented. The new Salvia
was discovered and selected by the inventors as a single flowering
plant within the progeny of the stated cross-pollination grown in a
controlled environment in Higashiomi-shi, Shiga, Japan.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by cuttings and divisions
taken at Higashiomi-shi, Shiga, Japan, since September, 2000, has
shown that the unique features of this new Salvia are stable and
reproduced true to type in successive generations.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
The accompanying colored photograph illustrate the overall
appearance of the new cultivar, showing the colors as true as it is
reasonably possible to obtain in colored reproductions of this
type. Colors in the photograph may differ slightly from the color
values cited in the detailed botanical description which accurately
describe the actual colors of the new Salvia.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW CULTIVAR
Plants of the cultivar `Sunsarusamo` have not been observed under
all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary
somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature and
light intensity without, however, any variance in genotype.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are
determined to be the unique characteristics of `Sunsarusamo`. These
characteristics in combination distinguish `Sunsarusamo` as a new
and distinct Salvia cultivar: 1. Upright and relatively compact
plant habit. 2. Freely basal branching, dense, and bushy plant
form. 3. Freely flowering habit. 4. Salmon colored flowers. 5.
Tolerant to high and lower temperatures.
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN `SUNSARUSAMO,` ITS PATENTS AND THE MOST
RESEMBLING VARIETIES
Plants of the new Salvia differ from plants of the parents
primarily in flower color as plants of the female parent selection
have red purple colored flowers.
Plants of the new Salvia differ from plants of the Salvia cultivars
`Sunsarupin,` U.S. Plant Pat. No. 15,215, and `Sunsaruoro,` U.S.
Plant Pat. No. 15,141, primarily in flower color.
Plants of the new Salvia can be compared to plants of the Salvia
cultivar `Navajo Salmon Red,` not patented. In side-by-side
comparisons conducted in Enkhuizen, Holland, plants of the new
Salvia differed from plants of the cultivar `Navajo Salmon Red` in
the following characteristics: 1. Plants of the new Salvia were
more compact than plants of the cultivar `Navajo Salmon Red.` 2.
Plants of the new Salvia and the cultivar `Navajo Salmon Red`
differed in flower color as plants of the cultivar `Navajo Salmon
Red` had deep salmon red colored flowers. 3. Plants of the new
Salvia and the cultivar `Navajo Salmon Red` differed in sepal color
as plants of the cultivar `Navajo Salmon Red` had purple sepals and
the new Salvia had green sepals. 4. Plants of the new Salvia were
tolerant to lower temperatures than plants of the cultivar `Navajo
Salmon Red.`.
DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
Plants shown in the aforementioned photographs and used in the
following description were grown under conditions which closely
approximate commercial production conditions in the spring time in
Holland. During the production of the plants, day temperatures were
about 25 degrees C. and night temperatures were about 20 degrees C.
The description was made on 37 week old plants that were grown in
the filed in Enkhuizen, Holland. Propagation Type : By cuttings.
Time to initiate roots : Summer: About 7 days at 25 degrees C.
Winter: About 10 days at 20 degrees C. Time to produce a rooted:
Young plant : Summer: About 30 days at 20-30 degrees C. Winter:
About 40 days at 15-20 degrees C. Root description : Fine, fibrous,
freely branching, and light brown in color. Plant description:
Form.--Perennial. Mostly upright and relatively compact plant
habit; narrow inverted triangle. Freely basal branching, dense and
bushy plant habit, vigorous growth habit. Flowers arranged in
verticillasters on spikes. Plant height.--About 99 cm. Plant
width.--About 60 cm. Flowering stem description (Peduncles):
Length.--About 70 cm. Diameter.--About 4 mm. Internode
length.--About 2-3 cm. Strength.--Strong. Texture.--Smooth,
glabrous. Color.--N199B. Foliage description:
Arrangement.--Opposite, simple. Length.--About 2.5 cm.
Width.--About 1.5 cm. Shape.--Ovate. Apex.--Rounded. Base.--Obtuse.
Margin.--Crenulate. Texture, upper and lower Surfaces.--Rough,
waxy, glabrous. Venation.--Pinnate. Color.--Developing and fully
expanded foliage, upper surface: 137A. Developing and fully
expanded foliage, lower surface: 137C. Petiole: Length.--About 1.0
cm. Diameter.--About 0.7 mm. Texture, upper and lower
surfaces.--Smooth, glabrous. Color.--138B. Flower description:
Flower arrangement and shape.--Single bilabiate flowers in
verticillasters on spikes; flowers face upright and outwardly.
Freely flowering, about 44 flowers and flower buds per spike.
Natural flowering season.--Continuous from spring to late autumn in
Holland. Flower longevity on the plant.--Individual flowers last
about two to five days on the plant. Flowers not persistent.
Fragrance.--Faintly fragrant; sweet. Flower buds: Length.--About
1.1 mm. Diameter.--About 3 mm. Shape.--Obovate. Color.--12A.
Inflorescence size: Length.--About 19-24 cm. Flowers:
Diameter.--About 1.5 cm. Depth (height).--About 2.5 cm. Petals:
Arrangement.--Bilabiate; one upper lip and one lower lip with two
lobes; lips fused at the base. Length.--Upper petal: About 9 mm.
Lower petal: About 1.4 mm. Width.--Upper petal: About 3 mm. Lower
petal: About 1.3 cm. Shape: Upper petal.--Linear; hooded. Lower
petal.--Cordate. Apex.--Upper petal: Hooked. Lower petal:
Two-lobed. Margin, upper and lower petals.--Entire. Texture, upper
and lower petals.--Satiny, smooth. Color, upper and lower
petals.--When opening and fully opened, upper surface: 41B. When
opening and fully opened, lower surface: 41D. Sepals:
Arrangement.--Two sepals fused into a tube. Length.--About 1.3 cm.
Width.--About 5 mm. Shape.--Triangular. Apex.--Acute.
Margin.--Entire. Color, upper and lower surfaces.--138A with upper
tip of tube is 139A. Pedicels: Strength.--Moderately strong.
Length.--About 5 mm. Diameter.--About 1 mm. Aspect.--About 40
degrees from vertical. Texture.--Smooth, glabrous. Color.--137C.
Reproductive organs: Stamens.--Quantity per flower. Two. Anther
shape.--Ovate. Anther length.--About 15 mm. Anther color.--155C.
Pollen amount.--Moderate. Pollen color.--15A. Pistils.--Quantity
per flower One. Pistil length.--About 3.2 cm. Stigma
shape.--Two-parted. Stigma color.--47D. Style length.--About 3.0
cm. Style color.--155D. Ovary color.--3C. Seed/fruit: Seed and
fruit production has not been observed. Disease/pest resistance:
Plants of the new Salvia have not been noted to be resistant to
pathogens and pests common to Salvia. Temperature tolerance: Plants
of the new Salvia have been observed to tolerate temperatures from
-10 to 40 degrees C.
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