<i>Petunia </i>plant named ‘PEHY0047’

Abstract

A new Petunia plant named PEHY0047 particularly distinguished by its rather big sized, pink flower color with dark pink star pattern, medium to late flowering and a trailing plant habit.

Claims

1. A new and distinct variety of Petunia plant named PEHY0047 substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

(1) The accompanying photographic drawings show typical flower and foliage characteristics of PEHY0047 with colors being as true as possible with an illustration of this type. The photographic drawing shows in FIG. 1 a flowering plant of the new variety and in FIG. 2 a close-up of the flowers.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

(2) The aforementioned photographs were taken in April 2018 from plants in 12 cm pots from an indoor trial in Andijk, The Netherlands. These plants were approximately 11 weeks of age.

(3) The plant descriptions and measurements were taken in September 2018 in Andijk, The Netherlands on approximately 20 week old plants that were growing in containers.

(4) Color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart (R.H.S.) 2001.

(5) TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE NEW VARIETY PEHY0047 AND A SIMILAR VARIETY PEHY0004 (U.S. Plant PEHY0047 Pat. No. 23,432) Leaf color: Green More dark, greyish green Branching: Rather poor branching Good branching Flower size: Big Rather small Plant: Form, growth and habit.Trailing plant habit. Plant height.25 cm. Plant height (inflorescence included).32 cm. Plant diameter (width).+/55 cm. Roots: Number of days to initiate and produce roots.16 days at about 22 C. Type.Fine, fibrous, free branching. Color.RHS N158D. Foliage: Arrangement.Alternate, simple; sometimes opposite, decussate. Immature leaf, color upper surface.RHS 147A. Immature leaf, color lower surface.RHS 147B. Mature leaf, color upper surface.RHS 147A. Mature leaf, color lower surface.RHS 147B. Length.3-4 cm. Width.2.5 cm. Shape.Ovate. Base shape.Shortly attenuate. Apex shape.Acute. Margin.Entire. Texture, upper surface.Densely covered with short hairs. Lower surface.Densely covered with short hairs. Color of veins, upper surface.RHS 146B. Color of veins, lower surface.RHS 146B. Petiole color.RHS 146B. Length.0.3 cm. Diameter.0.3 cm. Petiole texture.Densely covered with short hairs. Stem: Quantity of main branches per plant.4-5. Color of stem.RHS 146C. Length of stem.35 cm. Diameter.0.4 cm. Length of internodes.3.5-5 cm. Texture.Dense, mostly glandular short hairs. Color of pedicel.RHS 146C. Length of pedicel.1.6 cm. Diameter of pedicel.0.3 cm. Texture of pedicel.Densely covered with short hairs. Inflorescence: Type.Flowers solitary in upper leaf axis. Floret type.Funnel-shaped; 5 lobed petals; fused at base. Blooming habit.Medium to late flowering in greenhouse, flowering throughout the summer months. Quantity of inflorescences per plant.Approximately 25. Lastingness of individual blooms on the plant.About 7 days. Fragrance.Almost no scent. Bud (just when opening): Color.RHS 59A, more greenish, RHS 146D towards base. Length.3.5 cm. Width.0.7 cm. Shape.Oblong. Immature inflorescence: Flower horizontal diameter.7 cm. Color petals, upper surface.RHS N74D with stripes RHS 67A to RHS 67B. Color petals, lower surface.RHS 75A, stripes RHS 68A with veins RHS 146D. Mature flower: Flower horizontal diameter.6 cm. Flower height (vertical).2.5-3.5 cm. Color upper surface.RHS N74D with stripes RHS 67C. Color lower surface.RHS 75B, stripes RHS 68A with veins RHS 146D. Conspicuousness of veins. Apex shape.Cuspidate. Margin.Entire. Waviness of margin.Hardly. Petal lobation.Rather strong. Petal texture, upper surface.Smooth, occasionally a small hair present. Petal texture, lower surface.Some glandular hairs, more dense on veins. Corolla tube color outside.RHS 65B with veins RHS 59A. Corolla tube color inside.RHS 75D; longitudinal stripes RHS 59A. Conspicuousness of veins in tube.Very strong. Corolla tube length.2.0 cm. Corolla tube texture, outside.Rather dense and short glandular hairs. Corolla tube texture, inside.Glabrous. Calyx: Color of sepal, upper surface.RHS 146A. Color of sepal, lower surface.RHS 146A. Length.2.0 cm. Width.0.6 cm. Shape.Oblanceolate. Apex shape.Rounded to acute. Base.Fused. Margins.Entire. Texture, upper surface.Densely covered with short glandular hairs. Lower surface.Densely covered with short glandular hairs. Reproductive organs: Pistil.1. Length.2.0 cm. Style color.RHS 144D. Style length.1.7 cm. Stigma color.RHS 144B. Stamens. Quantity per flower.5. Color of filaments.RHS 155A, some spots RHS 60A near stigma. Length filaments.1.7 cm. Anther color.RHS 19D. Anther length.0.2 cm. Anther shape.Elliptical. Color of pollen.RHS 158D. Pollen amount.Abundant. Fertility/seed set.Has not been observed on this hybrid. Disease/pest resistance.Has not been observed on this hybrid.