Petunia plant named ‘Wespecawhite’

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2004-01-16

2004-10-26

Grunberg, Anne Marie (Department: 1661)

Plants

Herbaceous ornamnental flowering plant

Petunia

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PP015280

ABSTRACT:

Botanical classification/cultivar designation:
Petunia×hybrida
cultivar Wespecawhite.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present Invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of
Petunia
plant, botanically known as
Petunia×hybrida,
and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Wespecawhite’.
The new
Petunia
is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor is Südlohn-Oeding, Germany. The new
Petunia
originated from a cross-pollination made by the Inventor of a proprietary
Petunia
seedling selection, not patented, as the female, or seed parent, identified as code number 98K6384-340 with a proprietary
Petunia
seedling selection, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent, identified as code number 98P040. The new
Petunia
was selected by the Inventor in 2000 in a controlled environment in Südlohn-Oeding, Germany.
Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by terminal cuttings in Südlohn-Oeding, Germany since 2001, has shown that the unique features of this new
Petunia
are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Plants of the cultivar Wespecawhite have not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environment such as temperature, daylength 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 ‘Wespecawhite’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Wespecawhite’ as a new and distinct
Petunia
cultivar:
1. Cascading and roughly spherical growth habit.
2. Freely branching plant habit.
3. Freely flowering habit.
4. Small leaves.
5. Single white-colored flowers with violet-colored blush and purple-colored venation.
Plants of the new
Petunia
are more freely branching, have larger flowers, and have flowers of a different color than plants of the female parent. Plants of the new
Petunia
have smaller leaves, shorter internodes and smaller flowers than plants of the male parent.
Plants of the cultivar Wespecawhite can be compared to plants of the
Petunia
cultivar Wespemab, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 14,165. However in side-by-side comparisons conducted in Südlohn-Oeding, Germany, plants of the new
Petunia
and the cultivar Wespemab, differed in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new
Petunia
were shorter than plants of the cultivar Wespemab.
2. Plants of the new
Petunia
had lighter green-colored leaves than plants of the cultivar Wespemab.
3. Plants of the new
Petunia
had leaves with shorter petioles than plants of the cultivar Wespemab.
4. Plants of the new
Petunia
had shorter sepals than plants of the cultivar Wespemab.
5. Plants of the new
Petunia
had longer peduncles than plants of the cultivar Wespemab.
6. Flower color of the new
Petunia
was different than flower color of the cultivar Wespemab.
Plants of the cultivar Wespecawhite can also be compared to plants of the
Petunia
cultivar Weswei, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,595. However in side-by-side comparisons conducted in Südlohn-Oeding, Germany, plants of the new
Petunia
and the cultivar Weswei differed in the following characteristics:
1. Plants of the new
Petunia
had smaller leaves than plants of the cultivar Weswei.
2. Plants of the new
Petunia
had smaller sepals than plants of the cultivar Weswei.
3. Plants of the new
Petunia
had shorter peduncles than plants of the cultivar Weswei.
4. Flowers of the new
Petunia
were smaller than flowers of the cultivar Weswei.
5. Anthers of flowers of the new
Petunia
and the cultivar Weswei differed in coloration.

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