Botanical designation:PetuniaXhybrida.

Cultivar denomination: ‘DOPETDURAWA’.

STATEMENT REGARDING PRIOR DISCLOSURES BY INVENTOR/APPLICANT & ASSIGNEE

The Inventor and Applicant/Assignee assert that no publications nor advertisements relating to sales, offers for sale or public distribution occurred more than one year prior to the effective filing date of this application. Any information about the claimed plant would have been obtained from a direct or indirect disclosure from the Inventor and/or Applicant/Assignee. Inventor and Applicant/Assignee claim a prior art exception under 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(1) for disclosure and/or sales prior to the filing date but less than one year prior to the effective filing date.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar ofPetuniaplant, botanically known asPetuniaXhybridaand hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Dopetdurawa’.

The newPetuniaplant is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Rheinberg, Germany. The objective of the breeding program is to create new compact, freely branching and early-floweringPetuniaplants with numerous attractive flowers.

The newPetuniaplant originated from a cross-pollination made by the Inventor in July, 2017 in Rheinberg, Germany of a proprietary selection ofPetuniaXhybridaidentified as code number TT16-029080-007, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent with a proprietary selection ofPetuniaXhybridaidentified as code number TT17-000000-024, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The newPetuniaplant was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a single flowering plant from within the progeny of the stated cross-pollination in a controlled greenhouse environment in Rheinberg, Germany in May, 2020.

Asexual reproduction of the newPetuniaplant by terminal vegetative cuttings in a controlled greenhouse environment in Rheinberg, Germany since June, 2020 has shown that the unique features of this newPetuniaplant are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Plants of the newPetuniahave not been observed under all possible combinations of environmental conditions and cultural practices. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environmental conditions such as temperature and light intensity without, however, any variance in genotype.

The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘Dopetdurawa’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘Dopetdurawa’ as a new and distinctPetuniaplant:1. Relatively compact, upright and mounding to hanging plant habit.2. Moderately vigorous growth habit.3. Freely branching habit.4. Early and freely flowering habit.5. Large purplish pink-colored flowers.6. Good garden performance.

Plants of the newPetuniacan be compared to plants of the female parent selection. In side-by-side comparisons, plants of the newPetuniadiffer primarily from plants of the female parent selection in flower color as flowers of plants of the newPetuniaare lighter purplish pink in color than flowers of plants of the female parent selection.

Plants of the newPetuniacan be compared to plants of the male parent selection. In side-by-side comparisons, plants of the newPetuniadiffer primarily from plants of the male parent selection in flower color as flowers of plants of the newPetuniaare light purplish pink in color whereas flowers of plants of the male parent selection are red in color. In addition, plants of the newPetuniaare more vigorous than plants of the male parent selection.

Plants of the newPetuniacan be compared to plants ofPetuniaXhybrida‘Sunrove’, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 14,125. In side-by-side comparisons, plants of the newPetuniaand ‘Sunrove’ differ primarily in the following characteristics:1. Plants of the newPetuniaare more compact than and not as vigorous as plants of ‘Sunrove’.2. Plants of the newPetuniahave smaller leaves than plants of ‘Sunrove’.3. Plants of the newPetuniahave larger flowers than plants of ‘Sunrove’.4. Flowers of plants of the newPetuniaare purplish pink in color whereas flowers of plants of ‘Sunrove’ are light purple in color with reddish purple-colored venation.

