Form ST-470 Objective Description of Variety - Coreopsis

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EXHIBIT C

OBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION OF VARIETY
Coreopsis
(Coreopsis spp.)
NAME OF APPLICANT (S)

TEMPORARY OR EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNATION

FIELD TRIAL LOCATIONS IN DECIMAL DEGREES (DD)
LOCATION
LATITUDE

VARIETY NAME

LONGITUDE

Morphology:
I. PLANT:
1. ________Plant Growth Habit:

1. Upright

2. Semi-Upright

3. Semi-Spreading

4. Spreading

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I. PLANT: (continued)
2. ________Plant Height:
1. Very Short

2. Very Short to Short

3. Short

4. Short to Medium

5. Medium

6. Medium to Tall

1. Very Narrow

2. Very Narrow to Narrow

3. Narrow

4. Narrow to Medium

5. Medium

6. Medium to Broad

1. Very Sparse

2. Sparse

3. Medium

4. Dense

5. Very Dense

7. Tall
3. ________Plant Height (cm)
4. ________Plant Width:

7. Broad
5. ________Plant Width (cm)
6. ________Plant Density:

II. LEAF:
1. ________Leaf Type:

1. Simple

2. Simple and Divided

3. Divided

2. ________Only Varieties with Leaf Type: Simple or Simple and Divided: Leaf Length:
1. Very Short

2. Very Short to Short

3. Short

4. Short to Medium

5. Medium

6. Medium to Long

7. Long
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II. LEAF: (continued)
3. ________Only Varieties with Leaf Type: Simple or Simple and Divided: Leaf Length (cm)
4. ________Only Varieties with Leaf Type: Simple or Simple and Divided: Leaf Width:
1. Very Narrow

2. Very Narrow to Narrow

3. Narrow

4. Narrow to Medium

5. Medium

6. Medium to Broad

7. Broad
5. ________Only Varieties with Leaf Type: Simple or Simple and Divided: Leaf Width (cm)
6. ________Only Varieties with Leaf Type: Simple or Simple and Divided: Leaf Length/Width Ratio:

1. Very Low

2. Very Low to Low

3. Low

4. Low to Medium

5. Medium

6. Medium to High

7. High
7. ________ Only Varieties with Leaf Type: Simple or Simple and Divided: Leaf Length/Width Ratio
8. ________Only Varieties with Leaf Type: Simple and Divided or Divided: Leaf Length:
1. Very Short

2. Very Short to Short

3. Short

4. Short to Medium

5. Medium

6. Medium to Long

7. Long
9. ________Only Varieties with Leaf Type: Simple and Divided or Divided: Leaf Length (cm)
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II. LEAF: (continued)
10. ________Only Varieties with Leaf Type: Simple and Divided or Divided: Leaf Width:
1. Narrow

2. Medium

3. Broad

11. ________Only Varieties with Leaf Type: Simple and Divided or Divided: Leaf Width (cm)
12. ________Only Varieties with Leaf Type: Simple and Divided or Divided: Leaf Length/Width Ratio:

1. Very Low

2. Very Low to Low

3. Low

4. Low to Medium

5. Medium

6. Medium to High

7. High
13. ________Only Varieties with Leaf Type: Simple and Divided or Divided: Leaf Length/Width Ratio
14. ________Leaf Main Color:
1. Yellow Green

2. Light Green

3. Medium Green

4. Dark Green

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II. LEAF: (continued)
15. ________Leaf: Distribution of Secondary Color:

1. None

2. On Margin

3. Marginal Zone

2. Light Yellow

3. Medium Yellow

4. Irregular
16. ________Leaf Secondary Color:
1. Whitish
4. Yellow Green
17. ________Only Varieties with Leaf Type: Simple and Divided or Divided: Leaf Length of Terminal Leaflet:
1. Very Short

2. Very Short to Short

3. Short

4. Short to Medium

5. Medium

6. Medium to Long

7. Long
18. ________Only Varieties with Leaf Type: Simple and Divided or Divided: Leaf Length of Terminal Leaflet (cm)
19. ________Only Varieties with Leaf Type: Simple and Divided or Divided: Leaf Width of Terminal Leaflet:
1. Very Narrow

2. Very Narrow to Narrow

3. Narrow

4. Narrow to Medium

5. Medium

6. Medium to Broad

7. Broad
20. ________Only Varieties with Leaf Type: Simple and Divided or Divided: Leaf Width of Terminal Leaflet (cm)

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II. LEAF: (continued)
21. ________Only Varieties with Leaf Type: Simple and Divided or Divided: Leaf Length/Width Ratio of Terminal
Leaflet:

1. Very Low

2. Very Low to Low

3. Low

4. Low to Medium

5. Medium

6. Medium to High

7. High
22. ________ Only Varieties with Leaf Type: Simple and Divided or Divided: Leaf Length/Width Ratio of Terminal
Leaflet (cm)
23. ________Leaf Glossiness:
1. Absent or Very Weak

2. Weak

4. Strong

5. Very Strong

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3. Medium

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III. PEDUNCLE:
1. ________Peduncle Length:
1. Very Short

2. Very Short to Short

3. Short

4. Short to Medium

5. Medium

6. Medium to Long

2. Slightly Above

3. Moderately Above

7. Long

2. ________Peduncle Length (cm)

IV. FLOWER HEAD:
1. ________Flower Head Position Relative to Foliage:

1. Below and at Same Level
4. Far Above

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IV. FLOWER HEAD: (continued)
2. ________Flower Head Type:

1. Single

2. Semi-Double

3. Double

1. Very Small

2. Very Small to Small

3. Small

4. Small to Medium

5. Medium

6. Medium to Large

3. ________Flower Head Diameter:

7. Large
4. ________Flower Head Diameter (cm)
5. ________Only Varieties with Flower Head Type: Single or Semi-Double: Flower Head: Number of Ray Florets:
1. Very Few

2. Few

4. Many

5. Very Many

3. Medium

V. RAY FLORET:
1. ________Ray Floret: Attitude of Basal Part:

1. Strongly Ascending

2. Moderately Ascending

3. Weakly Ascending

4. Horizontal

5. Weakly Descending

6. Strongly Descending

1. Very Short

2. Very Short to Short

3. Short

4. Short to Medium

5. Medium

6. Medium to Long

2. Medium

3. Broad

2. ________Ray Floret Length:

7. Long

3. ________Ray Floret Length (cm)
4. ________Ray Floret Width:
1. Narrow
5. ________Ray Floret Width (cm)

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V. RAY FLORET: (continued)
6. ________Ray Floret Length/Width Ratio:

1. Very Low

2. Very Low to Low

3. Low

4. Low to Medium

5. Medium

6. Medium to High

7. High
7. ________Ray Floret Length/Width Ratio (cm)

8. ________Ray Floret Main Color: RHS Color Chart (Indicate Reference Number)

9. ________Ray Floret Distribution of Main Color:

1. Basal Half

2. Basal Half and Margins

3. Basal Three Quarters

4. Basal Three Quarters and Margins

5. Distal Three Quarters

6. Distal Half

7. Throughout
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V. RAY FLORET: (continued)
10. ________Ray Floret Distribution of Secondary Color:

1. None

2. Base

3. Base and Margins

4. Basal Quarter

5. Basal Quarter and Margins

6. Basal Half

7. Basal Half and Margins

8. Basal Three Quarters

9. Basal Three Quarters and Margins

10. Distal Three Quarters

11. Distal Half

12. Distal Quarter

13. Tip

14. Throughout

15. Margins
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V. RAY FLORET: (continued)
11. ________Ray Floret Secondary Color: RHS Color Chart (Indicate Reference Number)
12. ________Ray Floret: Pattern of Second Color:

1. Solid

2. Solid and Flushed

3. Flushed

1. None

2. Base

3. Base and Margins

4. Basal Quarter

5. Basal Quarter and Margins

6. Basal Half

7. Distal Half

8. Distal Quarter

9. Tip

13. ________Ray Floret Distribution of Tertiary Color:

10. Margins
14. ________Ray Floret Tertiary Color: RHS Color Chart (Indicate Reference Number)
15. ________Ray Floret: Pattern of Tertiary Color:

1. Solid

2. Solid and Flushed

3. Flushed

16. ________Ray Floret: Color of Outer Side Compared to Inner Side:
1. Similar

2. Markedly Different

17. ________Ray Floret: Color of Outer Side, Where Markedly Different to Inner Side: RHS Color Chart (Indicate
Reference Number)
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V. RAY FLORET: (continued)
18. ________Ray Floret: Length of Corolla Tube:

1. Absent or Very Short

2. Short

4. Long

5. Very Long

3. Medium

19. ________Ray Floret: Longitudinal Axis:

1. Strong Incurving

2. Moderately Incurving

3. Weakly Incurving

4. Straight

5. Weakly Reflexing

6. Moderately Reflexing

1. Strongly Concave

2. Moderately Concave

3. Weakly Concave

4. Flat

5. Weakly Convex

6. Moderately Convex

7. Strongly Reflexing
20. ________Ray Floret: Profile in Cross Section:

7. Strongly Convex
21. ________Ray Floret: Number of Indentations at the Tip:

1. Absent or Very Few

2. Few

4. Many

5. Very Many

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3. Medium

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V. RAY FLORET: (con.)
22. ________Ray Floret: Depth of Indentations at the Tip:

1. Very Shallow

2. Shallow

4. Deep

5. Very Deep

3. Medium

VI. FLOWER HEAD:
1. ________Only Varieties with Flower Head: Type: Single or Semi-Double: Disc Diameter:
1. Very Small

2. Small

4. Large

5. Very Large

3. Medium

2. ________Only Varieties with Flower Head: Type: Single and Semi-Double: Disc: Color Before Anthesis:
1. Yellow Green

2. Yellow

4. Reddish Brown

5. Blackish Purple

3. Orange

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Disease Resistance

Insect Resistance

Comments

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