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Allardia tomentosa

White-leaf Ground Daisy

Family AsteraceaeGenus Allardia

Also published as Waldheimia tomentosa. You are in the right place.

Two pink daisy-like flowers with yellow centers on low rosettes among pink granite stones
FlowerPictured: Allardia tridactylites, a relativeOleg KosterinCC BY 4.0

About the plant

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

Habit
perennialPlants of the World Online
Flower
White, pale pinkFlora of China

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; Flora of China — Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven and Hong Deyuan (eds.).

This source reports two treatments. Both are shown.

Protocol 1

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty Low Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around March 28, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 8 days to germinate.

100% germination — first up on day 6, then 80% a day.

The fastest rate in the corpus: first up on day six, then 80% of the packet a day after it.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, WaldheimiaPublic domain
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Waldheimia (Asteraceae). W. tomentosa germ. 70(100%, ind. t 6 d, 80%/d) and none at 40.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Waldheimia. 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, 1993

  1. Cold moist stratification

    Temperature: 40°F 4°C

    Nothing.

Germination happens during step 1.

0% germination.

Nothing at 40, as with A. glabra.

This source doesn't state how long step 1 lasts.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, WaldheimiaPublic domain
Show the original text
Waldheimia (Asteraceae). W. tomentosa germ. 70(100%, ind. t 6 d, 80%/d) and none at 40.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Waldheimia. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record; 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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