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Adenophora farreri

Common Ladybells

Family CampanulaceaeGenus Adenophora

A low clump of broad, heart-shaped, toothed leaves on long stalks, with a few pale violet bell flowers behind
The whole plantKrzysztof Ziarnek, KenraizCC BY-SA 4.0

About the plant

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

Habit
perennialPlants of the World Online

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

Source: Plants of the World Online — Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty Moderate Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Sow and cover

    Medium: soil

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 14 days to germinate.

44% germination in 14 days.

Sown in soil. Deno notes that light and GA-3 should have been studied here, given what the other species in the genus did.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Adenophora p. 88Public domain
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Adenophora (Campanulaceae). Four species germ. in the 2nd w in soil in the percentages indicated: A. farreri (44%), A. lilitolia (44%), A. potanini (92%), and A. tashiroi (8%). Light and GA-3 should have been studied in view of the following data.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Adenophora p. 88. 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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