Geranium Plant Named 'MACGER001'

Abstract

‘MACGER001’ is a new and distinctive variety of Geranium hybrid plant which is characterized by dark greyed-green foliage that is suffused with bronze and vibrant red-purple flowers with very dark purple venation and floral eye. The new variety propagates successfully by stem cuttings and tissue culture and has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

Claims

1. A new and distinct variety of Geranium hybrid plant named ‘MACGER001’, substantially as described and illustrated herein.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

[0010] FIG. 1 shows, as nearly true as it is reasonably possible to make the same in color illustrations of this type, the typical foliage and growth characteristics of the new cultivar, ‘MACGER001’.

[0011] FIG. 2 shows, as nearly true as it is reasonably possible to make the same in color illustrations of this type, the typical flower of the plant in FIG. 1.

BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PLANT

[0012] A detailed botanical description of a new and distinct variety of Geranium known as ‘MACGER001’ is not yet available. A comparison with the parents and most similar variety of common knowledge are provided below.

[0013] A botanical description of ‘MACGER001’ and comparisons with the parents and most similar variety of common knowledge are provided below. [0014] General plant description: Botanical description is not yet available. [0015] Root system: Botanical description is not yet available. [0016] Stem: Botanical description is not yet available. [0017] Foliage: Botanical description is not yet available. [0018] Inflorescence: Botanical description is not yet available. [0019] Flower buds: Botanical description is not yet available. [0020] Flower: Botanical description is not yet available. [0021] Reproductive organs: Botanical description is not yet available. [0022] Seed and fruit: Botanical description is not yet available. [0023] Comparisons with the parent plants: Plants of the new cultivar ‘MACGER001’ differ from its seed parent, an unnamed Geranium pratense (not patented), by the characteristics described in Table 1.

TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Characteristic ‘MACGER001’ The seed parent. General Lighter green by Darker green by coloration of comparison to comparison to the foliage. the seed parent, ‘MACGER001’. and suffused with a bronze coloration. General Darker red-purple Lighter red-purple coloration of by comparison to by comparison to the flower. the seed parent. ‘MACGER001’. General Darker purple Lighter purple by coloration of by comparison comparison to the flower eye. to the seed parent. ‘MACGER001’. [0024] Plants of the new cultivar ‘MACGER001’ may be distinguished from its pollen parent, an unnamed Geranium psilostemon plant (not patented), by the characteristics described in Table 2.

TABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 Characteristic ‘MACGER001’ The pollen parent General Darker green by Lighter green by coloration of comparison to comparison to the foliage. the pollen parent, ‘MACGER001’. and suffused with a bronze coloration. General Lighter red-purple Darker red-purple by coloration of by comparison comparison to the flower. to the pollen parent. ‘MACGER001’. General Darker purple by Lighter purple by coloration of comparison to comparison to the flower eye. the pollen parent. ‘MACGER001’. [0025] Comparison with the most similar variety of common knowledge: Plants of the new cultivar ‘MACGER001’ may be distinguished from the most similar known commercial comparator, plants of the species Geranium psilostemon (unnamed and unpatented), by the characteristics described in Table 3.

TABLE-US-00003 TABLE 3 Geranium Characteristic ‘MACGER001’ psilostemon Plant size. Shorter than Taller than Geranium ‘MACGER001’. psilostemon. Foliage size. Larger than Smaller than Geranium ‘MACGER001’. psilostemon. General Greyed-green, coloration of suffused with Green. the mature a bronze foliage. coloration.