Actaea erythrocarpa
Red Baneberry
About the plant
What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.
Safety
- Toxicity
- Poisonous. Roots, sap, berries. Protoanemonin. Stated for Actaea spp.Plants Poisonous to Livestock
The plant
- Habit
- perennialPlants of the World Online
Growing conditions
- Sun
- Partial to full shadeNotes from web searches
- Soil
- Rich, organic, well-draining woodland soilNotes from web searches
- Soil pH
- 5-7Notes from web searches
- Organic matter
- HighNotes from web searches
- Watering
- Consistently moist, never waterloggedNotes from web searches
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; Notes from web searches — Amir Abed; Plants Poisonous to Livestock — Cornell University Department of Animal Science.
Protocol
DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993Difficulty Very high
Clean the flesh off the seed
The seeds are enclosed in a berry
Leach in running water
Duration: 7 days
Warm moist stratification
Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C
7 days from start to step 3. Germination happens during step 3, in 28 days.
Germinates in 28 days.
How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.
Germination trials
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