Patent Grant
PP26932
Genus and species: Verbena sp.
Variety denomination: ‘KLEVP14490’.
The present invention comprises a new and distinct variety of Verbena, botanically known as Verbena sp., and hereinafter referred to by the variety name ‘KLEVP14490’. ‘KLEVP14490’ originated from a cross-pollination conducted in September 2009 in Cobbitty, Australia between the proprietary female Verbena variety ‘V975’ (unpatented), and the proprietary male Verbena variety ‘V980’ (unpatented).
The seeds from the cross were sown and plants were grown for evaluation, where an individual plant designated ‘KLEVP14490’ was selected from the group of plants in Cobbitty, NSW, Australia in April 2010.
In April 2010, ‘KLEVP14490’ was first vegetatively propagated by vegetative cuttings in Cobbitty, NSW, Australia. ‘KLEVP14490’ was found to reproduce true to type in successive generations of asexual propagation via vegetative cuttings.
The following are the most outstanding and distinguishing characteristics of this new variety when grown under normal horticultural practices in Cobbitty, Australia.
This new Verbena plant is illustrated by the accompanying photograph, which shows the plant grown in a pot. The photograph is of a three-month-old plant grown in Stuttgart, Germany in May 2014. The colors shown are as true as can be reasonably obtained by conventional photographic procedures.
The following detailed descriptions set forth the distinctive characteristics of ‘KLEVP14490’. The data which define these characteristics were collected from asexual reproductions carried out in Cobbitty, Australia. Data was collected on three-month-old plants grown in a greenhouse in Cobbitty, Australia in February 2015. Color references are to The R.H.S. Colour Chart of The Royal Horticultural Society of London (R.H.S.)(2005).
‘KLEVP14490’ is distinguished from its parents as described in Table 1.
‘KLEVP14490’ is most similar to the commercial verbena Empress Red (patent status unknown). Differences between the varieties are described in Table 2.
