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Adlumia fungosa

Allegheny Vine · Canary Vine · Climbing Fumitory

Family PapaveraceaeGenus Adlumia

A tangle of climbing stems with fine, lacy pale green leaves and many hanging white tubular flowers
FlowerDawn NelsonCC BY 4.0
A line drawing of trailing divided foliage hung with narrow tubular flowers, beside a dissected flower and a long seed pod
IllustrationBritton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. Vol. 2: 143.Public domain

About the plant

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

Habit
climbing annual or biennialPlants of the World Online
Habit
Biennial, Forb/herb, VinePLANTS Database
Flower
White, pale pink, purplishFlora of North America
Native range
Canada, lower 48 statesPLANTS Database

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; Flora of North America — Flora of North America Editorial Committee.

Worth knowing

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty Low Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 7 days to germinate.

Germinates in 7 days.

Deno gives no percentage.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Adlumia p. 88Public domain
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Adlumia (Fumariaceae). A. fungosa germ. in the 7th d at 70.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Adlumia 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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