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Acaena saccaticupula

Blue Goose Leaf

Family RosaceaeGenus Acaena

A round burr of long red-brown spines radiating from a green center, over a mat of small toothed blue-green leaflets
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About the plant

What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.

Habit
subshrubPlants of the World Online
Native range
New Zealand SouthGBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Toxicity is noted only where a source states it. No note here is not a finding of safety.

Sources: Plants of the World Online — Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1998

Difficulty Very high Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 105 days to germinate.

5% germination in 14–105 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1998 · 2nd Supplement, Acaena p. 9Public domain
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Acaena (Rosaceae). A. saccaticupula germ. 70D(5% in 2-15 w).
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement, 2nd Supplement, Acaena p. 9. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record, except the difficulty rating, which is ours; the step names come from a fixed list.

How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.

Germination trials

Readers’ own records of sowing this species, published after review. Share your trial · All trials

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