U.S. patent number PP23,049 [Application Number 13/065,896] was granted by the patent office on 2012-09-18 for verbena plant named `wesverevostar`.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Gartenbau und Spezialkulturen Westhoff GbR. Invention is credited to Heinrich Westhoff.
United States Patent |
PP23,049 |
Westhoff |
September 18, 2012 |
Verbena plant named `Wesverevostar`
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Verbena plant named
`Wesverevostar`, characterized by its compact and mounding plant
habit; vigorous growth habit; medium-sized leaves; freely flowering
habit; red-colored flowers with a light red-colored radiating star
pattern; and flowers held above and beyond the foliar plane in
rounded umbels.
Inventors: |
Westhoff; Heinrich (Sudlohn,
DE) |
Assignee: |
Gartenbau und Spezialkulturen
Westhoff GbR (Sudlohn, DE)
|
Family
ID: |
46800879 |
Appl.
No.: |
13/065,896 |
Filed: |
March 31, 2011 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/308 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/00 (20060101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/308 |
Primary Examiner: Para; Annette
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Whealy; C. A.
Claims
It is claimed:
1. A new and distinct Verbena plant named `Wesverevostar` as
illustrated and described.
Description
Botanical designation: Verbena tenera.
Cultivar denomination: `WESVEREVOSTAR`.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
Verbena plant, botanically known as Verbena tenera, and hereinafter
referred to by the name `Wesverevostar`.
The new Verbena plant is a naturally-occurring branch mutation of
Verbena tenera `Wesverevoo`, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No.
21,620. The new Verbena plant was discovered and selected by the
Inventor within a population of plants of `Wesverevoo` in a
controlled greenhouse environment in Sudlohn, Germany in August,
2008.
Asexual reproduction of the new Verbena plant by terminal cuttings
in a controlled greenhouse environment in Sudlohn, Germany since
October, 2008 has shown that the unique features of this new
Verbena plant are stable and reproduced true to type in successive
generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Plants of the new Verbena have not been observed under all possible
environmental conditions and cultural practices. 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 `Wesverevostar`.
These characteristics in combination distinguish `Wesverevostar` as
a new and distinct Verbena plant: 1. Compact and mounding plant
habit. 2. Vigorous growth habit. 3. Medium-sized leaves. 4. Freely
flowering habit. 5. Red-colored flowers with a light red-colored
radiating star pattern. 6. Flowers held above and beyond the foliar
plane in rounded umbels.
Plants of the new Verbena can be compared to plants of the parent,
`Wesverevoo`. Plants of the new Verbena differ primarily from
plants of `Wesverevoo` in flower color as plants of `Wesverevoo`
have solid red-colored flowers.
Plants of the new Verbena can be compared to plants of the Verbena
`Wesvereme`, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 21,637. In
side-by-side comparisons conducted in Sudlohn, Germany, plants of
the new Verbena differed primarily from plants of `Wesvereme` in
the following characteristics: 1. Plants of the new Verbena were
not as compact as plants of `Wesvereme`. 2. Plants of the new
Verbena had longer internodes than plants of `Wesvereme`. 3. Plants
of the new Verbena had smaller flowers and inflorescences than
plants of `Wesvereme`. 4. Plants of the new Verbena and `Wesvereme`
differed in flower color as plants of `Wesvereme` had dark red
purple-colored flowers.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS
The accompanying colored photographs illustrate the overall
appearance of the new Verbena plant showing the colors as true as
it is reasonably possible to obtain in colored reproductions of
this type. Colors in the photographs may differ slightly from the
color values cited in the detailed botanical description which
accurately describe the colors of the new Verbena plant.
The photograph at the top of the sheet comprises a side perspective
view of a typical flowering plant of `Wesverevostar` grown in a
container.
The photograph at the bottom of the sheet is a close-up view of a
typical flowering plant of `Wesverevostar`.
DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
The aforementioned photographs and following observations,
measurements and values describe plants grown during the summer in
12-cm and 25-cm containers in a glass-covered greenhouse in
Sudlohn, Germany and under conditions which closely approximate
commercial production. During the production of the plants, day
temperatures ranged from 20.degree. C. to 25.degree. C., night
temperatures ranged from 16.degree. C. to 18.degree. C. and light
levels ranged from 3,000 to 50,000 lux. Plants were 27 weeks old
when the photographs and the description were taken. In the
description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural
Society Colour Chart, 2001 Edition, except where general terms of
ordinary dictionary significance are used. Botanical
classification: Verbena tenera `Wesverevostar`. Parentage:
Naturally-occurring branch mutation of Verbena tenera `Wesverevoo`,
disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 21,620. Propagation:
Type.--Terminal cuttings. Time to initiate roots, summer.--About 14
days at 20.degree. C. Time to initiate roots, winter.--About 16 to
18 days at 20.degree. C. Time to produce a rooted cutting,
summer.--About 21 to 24 days at 20.degree. C. Time to produce a
rooted cutting, winter.--About 24 to 26 days at 20.degree. C. Root
description.--Fibrous, medium in thickness; color, close to 158A.
Rooting habit.--Freely branching; moderately dense to dense. Plant
description: Plant habit.--Initially upright, then compact and
mounding growth habit; freely branching habit with two lateral
branches potentially forming at every node; pinching enhances
lateral branch development; dense and bushy plant habit; vigorous
growth habit. Plant height.--About 22 cm to 25 cm. Plant
diameter.--About 64 cm. Lateral branch description: Length.--About
27 cm to 50 cm. Diameter.--About 1.9 mm to 2.7 mm. Internode
length.--About 2.2 cm to 2.5 cm. Texture.--Densely pubescent.
Color.--Close to 144A. Foliage description: Arrangement.--Opposite,
simple; sessile. Length.--About 4.2 cm to 5 cm. Width.--About 2.1
cm. Shape.--Ovate. Apex.--Acute. Base.--Attenuate. Margin.--Dentate
to crenate. Texture, upper and lower surfaces.--Densely pubescent.
Venation pattern.--Pinnate. Color.--Developing leaves, upper
surface: Close to 147A to 147B. Developing leaves, lower surface:
Close to 147B. Fully expanded leaves, upper surface: Close to 147A;
venation, close to 147B. Fully expanded leaves, lower surface:
Close to 147B; venation, close to 147C. Flower description: Flower
arrangement and habit.--Sessile salverform flowers arranged in
hemispherical terminal umbels; umbels dense and mounding; numerous
umbels covering the entire plant; flowers face upward or outward;
freely flowering habit with about 25 to 40 flowers per
inflorescence; flowers not persistent. Natural flowering
season.--Plants flower continuously from April until frost in the
fall in Germany; plants begin flowering about 12 to 14 weeks after
planting. Fragrance.--None detected. Inflorescence size.--Diameter:
About 5.9 cm. Height: About 2.7 cm. Flowers.--Appearance: Flared
trumpet, corolla fused, five-parted; sessile. Length: About 2.3 cm
to 2.5 cm. Diameter: About 1.9 cm to 2 cm. Tube length: About 1.8
cm. Throat diameter: About 2.6 mm. Tube diameter, base: About 1.6
mm. Flower buds.--Length: About 1.6 cm to 2 cm. Diameter: About 4
mm to 6 mm. Shape: Oblong. Color: Towards the apex, close to 46B
with spots, close to 38B; mid-section, close to 145B; base, close
to 145C. Corolla.--Arrangement: Single whorl of five fused petals.
Petal lobe length: About 9 mm to 10 mm. Petal lobe width: About 9.5
mm. Petal lobe shape: Broadly ovate to cordate. Petal lobe apex:
Emarginate. Petal margin: Entire. Petal texture, upper and lower
surfaces: Smooth, glabrous; velvety. Color: Petal, when opening,
upper surface: Close to 45B; radiating stripes, close to 37B.
Petal, when opening, lower surface: Close to 47B; radiating
stripes, close to 37C. Petal, fully opened, upper surface: Close to
46B; radiating stripes, close to 36D; main color becoming closer to
45B and stripes, closer to 37B with development. Petal, fully
opened, lower surface: Close to 47B to 47C; radiating stripes,
close to 36D; main color becoming closer to 45B and stripes, closer
to 37B with development. Throat: Close to 145D. Tube: Close to 145C
to 145D. Calyx.--Arrangement: Star-shaped calyx with five fused
sepals. Sepal length: About 1.2 cm. Sepal width: About 2.4 mm.
Sepal shape: Lanceolate. Sepal apex: Acute. Sepal margin: Entire.
Sepal texture, upper and lower surfaces: Pubescent; velvety. Sepal
color, upper and lower surfaces: Close to 146A to 146C.
Peduncles.--Length: About 2.2 cm to 8 cm. Diameter: About 2.1 mm.
Strength: Strong; wiry. Texture: Pubescent. Color: Close to 146A.
Reproductive organs.--Stamens: Quantity/arrangement: Four per
flower, adnate to corolla tube. Anther shape: Two-parted; ovate.
Anther length: About 1.5 mm. Anther diameter: About 1.1 mm. Anther
color: Close to 1C. Pollen amount: Scarce. Pollen color: Close to
1B. Pistils: Quantity: One per flower. Pistil length: About 1.8 cm.
Stigma shape: Ovate. Stigma color, immature: Close to 146A. Stigma
color, mature: Close to 146B. Style length: About 1.5 cm. Style
color: Close to 145C. Ovary color: Close to 145B. Seeds: Length:
About 5 mm. Diameter: About 1.3 mm. Color: Close to 197A.
Temperature tolerance: Plants of the new Verbena have been observed
to tolerate temperatures from about 5.degree. C. to about
30.degree. C. Pathogen/pest resistance: Plants of the new Verbena
have not been observed to be resistant to pathogens and pests
common to Verbenas.
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