<i>Allium </i>hybrid plant named ‘New Moon’

Abstract

A new, distinct Allium hybrid plant as shown and described, characterized by gray green foliage in combination with light purple flowers, on 39 cm stems.

Claims

1. A new and distinct Allium hybrid plant named New Moon as shown and described herein, characterized by wide gray green foliage in combination with light purple flowers, on 39 cm stems.

Description

DESCRIPTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS

(1) FIG. 1. Foliage in April on a 2 year old plant in Hebron, IL USA.

(2) FIG. 2. Budding plants in July on a 2 year old plant in Hebron, IL USA.

(3) FIG. 3. Blooming plants in August on a 2 year old plant in Hebron, IL USA.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

(4) In the following description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart (2001). Plants used for the description were grown in a three gallon container for two years at a nursery in Hebron, Illinois. Measurements and numerical values represent averages of typical plants. Botanical classification: Allium hybrid cultivar New Moon. Parentage: Female/seed parent. An open pollinated Allium senescens ssp. glaucum male parent an unknown Allium. Propagation: Vegetative division. Plant description: Type.Herbaceous perennial. The overall habit of the new Allium hybrid is a basal tuft of grey-green linear foliage arising from bulbous roots, with terminal light purple flower clusters in August. Hardiness.USDA zones 3-8. Plant height.39 cm. Plant width.40 cm. Stem description: Stem shape.Round with ridges, solid. Stem size.Diameter up to 4 mm at the widest by 2 mm at the thinnest. Stem length.39 cm. Internodes.None. Stem coloration.Stem color 137 C, color 137 D at the base. Stem texture.Ridged, smooth, and glabrous. Roots.Fibrous below the bulb, color 156 D. Bulb.Size 13 mm wide at the base, 6 mm wide at the top where the foliage begins, 20 mm in length, color: 155 D. Bulb shape conical to oblongoid. Foliage description: Shape.Linear. Arrangement.Basal, alternate. Leaf blade size.Length: up to 22 cm, Width: 10 mm. Margins.Entire. Petiole.None. Leaf apex.Acute. Leaf base.Attenuate. Leaf quantity.An average of 10 per bulb. Texture.Upper and lower surfaces: smooth, glabrous. Adaxial and abaxial emerging leaf color description.137 B. Adaxial and abaxial mature leaf color description.137 B. Venation pattern.Parallel. Venation color.Upper 137 B, lower 137 B. Flower description: Inflorescence type.Umbel, round, held on a leafless stalk. Umbel size.Length: 14 mm tall, width: 50 mm. Peduncle size and color.Length: 14 mm, diameter: less than 1 mm, color 137 C. Peduncle texture.Smooth, glabrous. Pedicel size and color.Length: 14 mm, diameter: less than 1 mm, color 137 C. Flower bud.Size: length: 25 mm, diameter: 30 mm. Flower bud surface.Smooth, glabrous. Flower bud shape.Ovoid, tubular, constricted at the base. Flower bud color.Between 85 B, 85 C, 85 D. Corolla description.3 petals unfused, constricted at the base. Petal apex.Entire, acute. Petal base.Unfused. Petal margin.Entire. Petal texture.Outer surface: smooth, inside surface: smooth. Petal color.Outer surface color is 85 B and 85 C, inside surface color is 85 B. Calyx shape.Stellate. Calyx size.Length: 7 mm, Width: 3 mm. Calyx color.85 D. Sepal quantity and arrangement.3, unfused. Sepal size.Length: 7 mm, diameter: 3 mm at base coming to a point. Sepal shape.Lanceolate, apex: acute, base: cuneate, margin: entire. Sepal texture.Upper and lower surfaces: smooth, glabrous. Sepal color.Adaxial color 85 B and 85 C, Abaxial color 85 C and 85 D. Flower type and shape.Bowl, comprised of 3 sepals and 3 petals. Flower color.85 B outside, 85 B and 85 C inside. Flower size.Length: 8 mm, width: 8 mm. Flower number.150 per umbel, 2900 per plant with up to 20 flowering stems. Bloom period and duration.3-4 weeks the middle of August in Hebron, IL. Flower longevity and duration on the plant.Approximately 3 weeks. Flower longevity and duration cut.Not measured. Scent.None. Reproductive organs: Stamen.Quantity: 6, length: 11 mm, diameter: less than 1 mm at the base getting thinner toward the tip. Anther.Quantity: 6, length: 2 mm, diameter: 1 mm. Anther shape.Oval, color between N155 B. Filament.N155 B at tip near anther 155 A colored at the base. Pollen.Sparse, color: N155 B. Pistil.Number: 1, length: 5 mm, width: 1 mm, color N155 B. Stigma shape.Conical, color N155 B. Style.Number: 1, length: 4 mm, width 1 mm. Ovaries.Made of 3 carpels, length: 4 mm, width: 2 mm. Fruit.Capsule more or less round, 4 mm long, 3 mm wide, glabrous, color brown-black 202 A. Disease resistance: Resistance to diseases common to Allium has not been observed on plants grown under nursery conditions.