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Agrimonia eupatoria

Agrimony · Churchsteeples · European Agrimony

Family RosaceaeGenus Agrimonia

A slender spike of small five-petalled yellow flowers opening from the base upward, hairy green buds above
FlowerDidier DescouensCC BY-SA 4.0

About the plant

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

Habit
annual or biennialPlants of the World Online
Habit
Perennial, Forb/herbPLANTS Database
Flower
YellowWikipedia
Native range
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Azores and elsewhereGBIF 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; Wikipedia — Wikipedia contributors; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Worth knowing

  • The flower spikes smell spicy, like apricots. Its soft hairs make the seed pods stick to any animal or person that brushes past. In the language of flowers, agrimony means gratitude. Wikipedia: Agrimonia eupatoria

This source reports 4 treatments. All are shown.

Protocol 1

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1996

Difficulty Moderate Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around January 25, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Cold moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C

  2. Cold moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C

    1/7 germinated in this phase.

Steps after step 1 run on after germination.

Germination happens during step 1, in 70 days.

43% germination in 70 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1996 · 1st Supplement, Agrimonia p. 17Public domain
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Agrimonia (Rosaceae). A. eupatoria germ. 70D(1/7), 70L(2/5), and 70 GA-3(2/5), all in the 3rd w. It also germ. 40(3/7 in 10th w)-40(1/7).
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Agrimonia p. 17. 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.

Protocol 2

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1996

Difficulty Moderate Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around March 15, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: light

No stated waiting before sowing. Germination time not stated; 21 days assumed.

40% germination.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1996 · 1st Supplement, Agrimonia p. 17Public domain
Show the original text
Agrimonia (Rosaceae). A. eupatoria germ. 70D(1/7), 70L(2/5), and 70 GA-3(2/5), all in the 3rd w. It also germ. 40(3/7 in 10th w)-40(1/7).
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Agrimonia p. 17. 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.

Protocol 3

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1996

Difficulty Moderate Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around March 15, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Gibberellic acid soak

  2. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C

No stated waiting before sowing. Germination time not stated; 21 days assumed.

40% germination.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1996 · 1st Supplement, Agrimonia p. 17Public domain
Show the original text
Agrimonia (Rosaceae). A. eupatoria germ. 70D(1/7), 70L(2/5), and 70 GA-3(2/5), all in the 3rd w. It also germ. 40(3/7 in 10th w)-40(1/7).
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Agrimonia p. 17. 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.

Protocol 4

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1996

Difficulty High Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around March 15, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark

No stated waiting before sowing. Germination time not stated; 21 days assumed.

14% germination.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1996 · 1st Supplement, Agrimonia p. 17Public domain
Show the original text
Agrimonia (Rosaceae). A. eupatoria germ. 70D(1/7), 70L(2/5), and 70 GA-3(2/5), all in the 3rd w. It also germ. 40(3/7 in 10th w)-40(1/7).
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Agrimonia p. 17. 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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