Acanthus hungaricus
Hungarian Bear's-breeches · Long-leaved Bear's-breeches
About the plant
What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.
- Habit
- perennialPlants of the World Online
- Native range
- Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, NW. Balkan Pen., Romania, Türkiye-in-EuropeGBIF 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.
Worth knowing
- Acanthus hungaricus, from the Balkans, has deeply lobed, glossy dark green leaves and flowers from July to August on very long stems, each flower with a lower lip and a tooth-like upper lip. Wikipedia: Acanthus hungaricus
Protocol
DerivedN. C. Deno, 1996Difficulty Moderate
Sow and cover
Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark
No stated waiting before sowing. Then 5 days to germinate.
33% germination in 5 days.
How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.
Germination trials
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