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Alyssum saxatile

Golden Alyssum · Gold-dust

Family BrassicaceaeGenus Alyssum

A dense cluster of small bright yellow four-petalled flowers
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About the plant

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

Habit
subshrubPlants of the World Online
Flower
YellowWikipedia

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; Wikipedia — Wikipedia contributors.

Worth knowing

  • Basket of gold was once classed in Alyssum, and several of its common names, such as golden alyssum and goldentuft alyssum, reflect how closely it resembles and is related to those plants. Wikipedia: Aurinia saxatilis

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty Low Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Dry storage

    Duration: 180 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C

  2. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C

about 6 months from start to sowing.

Deno gives no figures, only the pattern: dry storage, then germination at 70.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Alyssum p. 93Public domain
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Alyssum (Brassicaceae). A. saxatile is a D-70 germinator.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Alyssum p. 93. 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.

Germination trials

Readers’ own records of sowing this species, published after review. Share your trial · All trials

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