Genus and species: Verbena x hybrida.
Variety denomination: ‘KLEVP20037’.
The present invention comprises a new and distinct variety of Verbena, botanically known as Verbena x hybrida, and hereinafter referred to by the variety name ‘KLEVP20037’. ‘KLEVP20037’ originated from a cross-pollination conducted in November 2014 in Cobbitty, New South Wales, Australia between the proprietary female Verbena variety ‘14.0109’ (unpatented), and the proprietary male Verbena variety ‘06.0057’ (unpatented).
The seeds from the cross were sown and plants were grown for evaluation, where an individual plant designated ‘KLEVP20037’ was selected from the group of plants in Cobbitty, New South Wales, Australia in October 2015.
In October 2015, ‘KLEVP20037’ was first vegetatively propagated by vegetative cuttings in Cobbitty, New South Wales, Australia. ‘KLEVP20037’ was found to reproduce true to type in successive generations of asexual propagation via vegetative stem cuttings.
The following are the most outstanding and distinguishing characteristics of this new variety when grown under normal horticultural practices in Latina, Italy.
This new Verbena plant is illustrated by the accompanying photograph which shows the plant's overall plant habit including form, foliage, and flowers. The photograph is of a plant approximately 12-weeks-old grown indoors in Stuttgart, Germany in April 2020. 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 ‘KLEVP20037’. The data which define these characteristics were collected from asexual reproductions carried out in Latina, Italy. Data was collected on three-month-old plants grown in a greenhouse in 2019. Color references are to The R.H.S. Colour Chart of The Royal Horticultural Society of London (R.H.S.), 5th edition (2007).
‘KLEVP20037’ is distinguished from its parents as described in Table 1.
‘KLEVP20037’ is most similar to the commercial Verbena POPS ‘Salmon+Red Eye’ (also known as ‘KLEVP15616’, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 28,320). Differences between the varieties are described in Table 2.
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CPVO documentation for a Verbena plant named, ‘KLEVP20037’, serial No. 20211179, filed Apr. 28, 2021. |
UPOV hit on PLUTO for a Verbena plant named, ‘KLEVP20037’, QZ PBR 20211179, filed Apr. 29, 2021. |