WAC 16-402-030   Standards for plant labeling.  (1) Nursery dealers transporting horticultural plants into the state must legibly tag or identify each species or variety of plant in the shipment in a conspicuous manner with the botanical name and/or the common name.

     (2) Nursery dealers displaying horticultural plants for retail sale must tag or identify each variety or species of each unit of sale in a conspicuous manner with the botanical name, and/or the common name, or provide this information to any person upon request.

This requirement does not apply to containers or baskets with mixed species of perennials, annuals or biennials.

     (3) Nursery dealers must tag or identify collected horticultural plants with the botanical name, the common name and designate the plants as collected.

     (4) To determine compliance with state and federal quarantines, the botanical name of each horticultural plant transported or sold in the state must be made available to the director upon request.



[Statutory Authority: Chapters 15.13 and 34.05 RCW. 04-09-084, § 16-402-030, filed 4/20/04, effective 5/21/04.]