Latin name of genus and species of plant claimed:Angelonia angustifolia.

Variety denomination: ‘Baladanucb’.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar ofAngeloniaplant botanically known asAngelonia angustifoliaand hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Baladanucb’.

The newAngelonia angustifoliacultivar is a naturally-occurring sport of the proprietaryAngelonia angustifoliabreeding selection coded ANG-7123-04, not patented, characterized by its dark violet and white bicolored flowers, dark green-colored foliage, and vigorous, upright growth habit. The new cultivar was discovered as a side shoot and selected during May 2019 in a controlled environment in Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by terminal stem cuttings since May 2019 in Arroyo Grande, Calif. and West Chicago, Ill. has demonstrated that the new cultivar reproduces true to type with all of the characteristics, as herein described, firmly fixed and retained through successive generations of such asexual propagation.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The following characteristics of the new cultivar have been repeatedly observed and can be used to distinguish ‘Baladanucb’ as a new and distinct cultivar ofAngeloniaplant:1. Dark purplish-red and white bicolored flowers;2. Dark green-colored foliage; and3. Moderately vigorous, upright growth habit.

Plants of the new cultivar differ from plants of the parent primarily in having dark purplish-red and white bicolored flowers and reduced growth vigor.

Of the many commercially availableAngeloniacultivars, the most similar in comparison to the new cultivar is Archangel Blue Bicolor ‘Balarclubi’, not patented. However, in side-by-side comparisons, plants of the new cultivar differ from plants of ‘Balarclubi’ in at least the following characteristics:1. Plants of the new cultivar are taller than plants of ‘Balarclubi’;2. Plants of the new cultivar have a dark purplish-red and white bicolored flower color unlike plants of ‘Balarclubi’; and3. Plants of the new cultivar have a more pronounced white flower color than plants of ‘Balarclubi’.

