U.S. patent number PP31,728 [Application Number 16/501,923] was granted by the patent office on 2020-05-05 for gomphrena plant named `past0517e`.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Ball Horticultural Company. The grantee listed for this patent is Ball Horticultural Company. Invention is credited to Lynne Knosher.
United States Patent |
PP31,728 |
Knosher |
May 5, 2020 |
Gomphrena plant named `PAST0517E`
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Gomphrena plant named
`PAST0517E`, characterized by its red-purple colored
inflorescences, dark green-colored foliage, and vigorous,
upright-mounded growth habit, is disclosed.
Inventors: |
Knosher; Lynne (St. Charles,
IL) |
Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Ball Horticultural Company |
West Chicago |
IL |
US |
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Assignee: |
Ball Horticultural Company
(West Chicago, IL)
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Family
ID: |
70461206 |
Appl.
No.: |
16/501,923 |
Filed: |
July 3, 2019 |
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Application
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Filing Date |
Patent Number |
Issue Date |
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62917033 |
Nov 16, 2018 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
PLT/263.1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20130101); A01H 6/14 (20180501); A01H
6/02 (20180501) |
Current International
Class: |
A01H
5/02 (20180101); A01H 6/14 (20180101) |
Field of
Search: |
;PLT/263.1 |
Primary Examiner: Robinson; Keith O.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Charles; Audrey
Claims
What is claimed is:
1. A new and distinct cultivar of Gomphrena plant named
`PAST0517E`, substantially as herein illustrated and described.
Description
Latin name of genus and species of plant claimed: Gomphrena
pulchella.
Variety denomination: `PAST0517E`.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
Gomphrena plant botanically known as Gomphrena pulchella and
hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name `PAST0517E`.
The new cultivar originated in a controlled breeding program in
Elburn, Ill. during September 2013. The objective of the breeding
program was the development of Gomphrena cultivars with continuous
flowering and a mounded growth habit.
The new Gomphrena cultivar is the result of open-pollination of a
group of proprietary Gomphrena pulchella breeding selections not
coded, not patented, characterized by red-purple colored
inflorescences, medium green-colored foliage, and vigorous, mounded
growth habit. Seed was harvested from all plants and sown in the
field. The new cultivar was discovered and selected as a single
flowering plant within the progeny of the above stated
open-pollination during July 2014 in a controlled environment in
Santa Paula, Calif.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by terminal stem cuttings
since July 2014 in West Chicago, Ill. and Alajuela, Costa Rica has
demonstrated that the new cultivar reproduces true to type with all
of the characteristics, as herein described, firmly fixed and
retained through successive generations of such asexual
propagation.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The following characteristics of the new cultivar have been
repeatedly observed and can be used to distinguish `PAST0517E` as a
new and distinct cultivar of Gomphrena plant: 1. Red-purple colored
inflorescences; 2. Dark green-colored foliage; and 3. Vigorous,
upright-mounded growth habit.
Plants of the new cultivar differ from plants of the possible
female and male parents primarily in having a lighter shade of
inflorescence color, a shorter plant height and more branches per
plant.
Of the many commercially available Gomphrena cultivars, the most
similar in comparison to the new cultivar is `Cosmic Flare`, U.S.
Plant Pat. No. 28,411. However, in comparison, plants of the new
cultivar differ from plants of `Cosmic Flare` in at least the
following characteristics: 1. Plants of the new cultivar have
darker green-colored leaves than plants of `Cosmic Flare`; and 2.
Plants of the new cultivar have wider inflorescences than plants of
`Cosmic Flare`.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS
The accompanying photographs show, as nearly true as it is
reasonably possible to make the same in color illustrations of this
type, typical flower and foliage characteristics of the new
cultivar. Colors in the photographs may differ slightly from the
color values cited in the detailed description, which accurately
describes the colors of `PAST0517E`. The plants were grown in
6-inch pots for approximately 10 weeks in a greenhouse in West
Chicago, Ill.
FIG. 1 illustrates a side view of the overall growth and flowering
habit of `PAST0517E`.
FIG. 2 illustrates a close-up view of an individual inflorescence
of `PAST0517E`.
DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
The new cultivar has not been observed under all possible
environmental conditions to date. Accordingly, it is possible that
the phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in the environment,
such as temperature, light intensity, and day length, without,
however, any variance in genotype.
The chart used in the identification of colors described herein is
The R.H.S. Colour Chart of The Royal Horticultural Society, London,
England, 2015 edition, except where general color terms of ordinary
significance are used. The color values were determined in May 2019
under natural light conditions in West Chicago, Ill.
The following descriptions and measurements describe approximately
4-month old plants produced from cuttings from stock plants and
grown in a glass-covered greenhouse under conditions comparable to
those used in commercial practice. The plants were grown in West
Chicago, Ill. in 6-inch pots for approximately 10 weeks utilizing a
soilless growth medium. Greenhouse temperatures were maintained at
approximately 67.degree. F. to 72.degree. F. (19.degree. C. to
22.degree. C.) during the day and approximately 65.degree. F. to
68.degree. F. (18.degree. C. to 20.degree. C.) during the night.
Supplemental lighting was used. Measurements and numerical values
represent averages of typical plants. Botanical classification:
Gomphrena pulchella `PAST0517E`. Parentage: Female
parent.--Proprietary Gomphrena pulchella breeding selection not
coded, not patented. Male parent.--Proprietary Gomphrena pulchella
breeding selection not coded, not patented. Propagation: Type
cutting.--Terminal stem. Time to initiate roots.--Approximately 12
to 14 days. Time to produce a rooted cutting.--Approximately 5 to 6
weeks. Root description.--Fibrous, fine. Rooting habit.--Freely
branching, moderate density. Plant description: Commercial crop
time.--Approximately 6 to 8 weeks from a rooted cutting to finish
in a 15 cm pot. Growth habit and general appearance.--Annual,
vigorous, upright-mounded. Size.--Height from soil level to top of
plant plane: Approximately 55.0 cm. Width: Approximately 65.0 cm.
Branching habit.--Freely branching, pinching enhances basal
branching. Quantity of lateral branches per plant: Approximately
14. Branch.--Shape: Rounded. Strength: Strong. Length:
Approximately 46.0 cm. Diameter: Approximately 4.0 mm to 5.0 mm.
Length of central internode: Approximately 7.0 cm. Texture: Densely
pubescent, strigose. Color of young stem: 146B with an overlay of
187C at nodes. Color of mature stem: 146A with an overlay of 187B
at nodes. Foliage description: General description.--Quantity of
leaves per lateral branch: Approximately 8. Fragrance: None
detected. Form: Simple. Arrangement: Opposite. Leaves.--Aspect:
Perpendicular to stem. Shape: Lanceolate, keeled. Margin: Entire.
Apex: Acute. Base: Sessile. Venation pattern: Pinnate. Length of
mature leaf: Approximately 10.5 cm. Width of mature leaf:
Approximately 2.0 cm. Texture of upper surface: Moderately
pubescent. Texture of lower surface: Densely pubescent, strigose.
Color of upper surface of young foliage: NN137A and midvein of 146C
other venation indistinguishable from laminae. Color of lower
surface of young and mature foliage: Closest to 147B. Color of
upper surface of mature foliage: NN137A with 139A and midvein of
146C other venation indistinguishable from laminae. Flowering
description: Flowering habit.--`PAST0517E` is freely flowering
under outdoor growing conditions with substantially continuous
blooming from spring through autumn. Lastingness of individual
inflorescence on the plant.--Approximately 30 days. Inflorescence
description: General description.--Type: Clover-like, papery-like
heads, persistent. Quantity per plant: Approximately 37. Fragrance:
None detected. Aspect: Facing upward or outward. Height:
Approximately 1.8 cm. Width: Approximately 3.0 cm. Quantity of
fully open flowers per inflorescence: Approximately 120.
Peduncle.--Strength: Strong. Shape: Round. Aspect: Erect to acute
angle to stem. Length: Approximately 10.0 cm. Diameter:
Approximately 2.0 mm. Texture: Densely pubescent, strigose. Color:
146A. Flower description: General description.--Type: Tubular,
sessile with a five-parted perianth in a single whorl subtended by
two bracts. Bud just before opening.--Shape: Oblong. Length:
Approximately 6.0 mm. Diameter: Approximately 1.0 mm. Color: N78C.
Perianth segments.--Quantity: 5. Shape: Lanceolate. Margin: Entire.
Apex: Acute. Base: Truncate. Length: Approximately 1.0 cm. Width:
Approximately 1.0 mm. Texture: Glabrous with sericeous base,
papery-like. Color of inner surface: N78C with NN155D at base.
Color of outer surface: N78A to N78B with NN155D at base.
Bracts.--Quantity per flower: 2 per flower. Shape: Ovate, keeled.
Length: Approximately 5.0 mm. Width: Approximately 1.0 mm. Texture
of upper and lower surfaces: Glabrous, translucent. Color of upper
and lower surfaces: NN155D and N78B. Reproductive
organs.--Androecium: Stamen quantity and arrangement: Filaments
united into a cylindrical tube with five acute tips, tube encases
the gynoecium. Filament length: Approximately 1.1 mm. Filament tube
width: Approximately 1.5 mm. Color of outer and inner surfaces of
filament tube: Tips of 14A, top of tube potion of N78B
transitioning though NN155D to base of 146C. Anther shape: Oblong,
dosifixed to filament tip. Anther length: Approximately 3.0 mm.
Anther color: 14A. Pollen amount: Sparse. Pollen color: 14B.
Gynoecium: Pistil quantity: 1 per flower. Pistil length:
Approximately 3.0 mm. Stigma shape: Bi-parted. Stigma length:
Approximately 2.0 mm. Stigma color: 145D, translucent. Style
length: Less than 1.0 mm. Style color: 146D. Ovary diameter: Less
than 1.0 mm. Ovary color: 146D. Seed and fruit production: Neither
seed nor fruit production has been observed. Disease and pest
resistance: Resistance to pathogens and pests common to Gomphrena
has not been observed.
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