Plants – Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Plant Patent
2000-08-22
2002-05-28
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant
Plant Patent
active
PP012661
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present Invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Aconitum plant, botanically known as
Aconitum cammarum
, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Pink Sensation’.
The new Aconitum is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Hummelo, The Netherlands. The new Aconitum originated from a cross made by the Inventor between two unidentified selections of
Aconitum cammarum
, both not patented. The new Aconitum was selected by the Inventor in 1995 in a controlled environment from the resultant progeny on the basis of its pink flowers and short flowering stems.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by divisions harvested in Hummelo, The Netherlands, has shown that the unique features of this new Aconitum are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Plants of the cultivar ‘Pink Sensation’ have not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, light intensity, daylength, irrigation amount and frequency, and/or fertilizer rate without, however, any variance in genotype.
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Pink Sensation’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Pink Sensation’ as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. Upright plant habit.
2. Dark green foliage.
3. Freely flowering habit.
4. Pink flower color.
Compared to plants of the parent selections, plants of the new Aconitum are shorter and have a darker pink flower color.
Plants of the cultivar ‘Pink Sensation’ can be compared to plants of the
Aconitum cammarum
cultivar ‘Roseum’, not patented. Plants of the cultivar ‘Pink Sensation’ differ from plants of the cultivar ‘Roseum’ in the following characteristics:
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1. Plants of the new Aconitum are stronger than plants of the cultivar ‘Roseum’.
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2. Plants of the new Aconitum are more freely flowering than plants of the cultivar ‘Roseum’.
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3. Flower color of plants of the new Aconitum is more pink than flower color of plants of the cultivar ‘Roseum’.
REFERENCES:
GTITM UPOVROM Citation for ‘Pink Sensation’ as per QZ PBR 980543; Apr. 8, 1998.
Bell Kent L.
Campell Bruce R.
Future Plants V.O.F.
Whealy C. A.
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