Gentian plant named ‘Ashiro 29-2075’
A new variety of Gentiana L. plant (Japanese gentian) which is a double flower type and has a diameter at the top of the corolla of 30.6 mm.
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Common name: Japanese gentian.
Botanical classification: Gentiana L. hybrid.
Variety denomination: ‘Ashiro 29-2075’.
BACKGROUND OF THE NEW VARIETYThe present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of Japanese gentian, Gentiana L., which has been given the variety denomination ‘Ashiro 29-2075’.
This new gentian is a double flower type and has a diameter at the top of the corolla of 30.6 mm. It is adapted for use as cut flowers or pot flowers.
ORIGIN OF THE VARIETYThe variety resulted from a multiple-step cross-breeding program starting from a group of unpatented varieties. The ancestor varieties were unpatented strains owned by the applicant, having the company-internal names: ‘17INP’ which belongs to the species Gentiana triflora, and ‘25-322-R1’, ‘26-904’, ‘12-320-1’, ‘14-526-2’, ‘11-24-1’, ‘11-192-1’, ‘13SH’, ‘10-76’, ‘6-62’, ‘12-186-1’, ‘12-212-1’, and ‘25-817’, which belong to the species Gentiana scabra. Group crosses and/or self-crosses with a single individual were performed. The program had seven steps, as shown in the map of
The multiple-step cross-breeding program was performed over multiple growing seasons up to 2018; in October 2018, selection of the variety was performed. We asexually reproduced the variety by vegetative reproduction through cuttings, tissue culturing via lateral bud culture, and in October 2020, the new variety was found to be stable and asexually reproduced true to type in successive generations.
The variety was developed and propagated in Iwate, Japan.
The variety can be propagated by cutting (optimal timing is mid-February) and/or tissue culturing via lateral bud culture.
Cultivation of the variety does not require particular conditions. Maintenance and storage method of the plant material can be by tissue culture via lateral bud culture.
The variety is adapted for use as cut flowers or pot flowers.
SUMMARY OF THE VARIETYThe variety is distinguished by double flower type and has a diameter at the top of the corolla of 30.6 mm, as compared to ‘Shine Blue Ashiro’ variety which is single flower type and has a diameter at the top of the corolla of 25.0 mm. ‘Shine Blue Ashiro’ is unpatented.
A comparison with ‘Shine Blue Ashiro’ variety is presented as follows in Table 1:
Additional distinguishing characteristics of the ‘Ashiro 29-2075’ plant are the six-seven (6.6 on average) lobes of the paracorolla, and the strong blue color (N95B on R.H.S. colour chart) of the secondary lobes with acute apex in-between the main lobes of the corolla
In the accompanying drawings, which are as nearly true as is reasonable possible to make in a color illustration of this type:
Due to chemical and/or digital development, processing and printing, the plants or portions of plants depicted in the photographs may or may not be precisely accurate, when compared to the actual botanical specimens.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTIONThe plants in the botanical description below and shown in the Figures were grown in Iwate, Japan. The plants were collected in October 2020 at age 16 months.
Colors are given according to The 2015 R.H.S. Colour Chart.
BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
In the above chart, specific numbers correspond to average values.
- Other features of the plant are as follows:
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- Disease resistance.—Normal resistance was observed for pests and diseases in Iwate, Japan, using pest control by chemical spraying for gentian.
- Cold hardiness.—Strong, the variety can withstand winter in Iwate, Japan, including low temperatures of about −10° C. with abundant snow.
- Heat tolerance.—Normal, the variety can withstand summer in Iwate, Japan, including high temperatures of about 35° C.
- Flower fragrance.—Absent.
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Claims
1. A new and distinct variety of Gentiana plant named ‘Ashiro 29-2075’, substantially as described and illustrated herein.
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 20, 2021
Date of Patent: Feb 28, 2023
Assignee: HACHIMANTAI CITY (Hachimantai)
Inventors: Ryo Takahashi (Hachimantai), Yutaro Takamura (Morioka), Rina Suzuki (Hachimantai), Takashi Hikage (Morioka)
Primary Examiner: June Hwu
Application Number: 17/556,670
International Classification: A01H 5/02 (20180101); A01H 6/40 (20180101);