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Achlys triphylla

Achlys · Deer's Foot · Deervetch Vanillaleaf · Sweet After Death

Family BerberidaceaeGenus Achlys

A carpet of three-lobed fan-shaped leaves with slender pale flower spikes rising among them on a forest floor
Leafborn1945 from Hillsboro, Oregon, USACC BY 2.0

About the plant

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

Habit
rhizomatous geophytePlants of the World Online
Habit
Perennial, Forb/herbPLANTS Database
Native range
British Columbia, California, Oregon, WashingtonGBIF 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; PLANTS Database — USDA NRCS; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Worth knowing

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1998

Difficulty High Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Cold moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C

  2. Warm moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C

about 3 months from start to step 2. Germination happens during step 2, in 35 days.

18% germination in 21–35 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1998 · 2nd Supplement, Achlys p. 9Public domain
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Achlys (Berberidaceae). A. triphylla seeds germ. 40-70(3/17 in 3-5 w). in the 2nd w in 70D or 70L 70% of the seeds rotted and in 70 GA-3 100% of the seeds rotted. Removing the seed from the loose black shell made no difference.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement, 2nd Supplement, Achlys 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.

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