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Androsace nivalis

Snow Dwarf Primrose

Family PrimulaceaeGenus Androsace

Magenta flowers with five rounded petals and dark centers, scattered over rosettes of gray-green leaves among pine needles and rock.
FlowerJhorthosCC BY-SA 4.0

About the plant

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

Habit
subshrubPlants of the World Online
Flower
Pinkish purpleWikipedia
Native range
WashingtonGBIF 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; Wikipedia — Wikipedia contributors; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Worth knowing

  • Nivalis is Latin for "snow-covered", because the snow dwarf-primrose comes up early in spring, often while snow is still on the ground. It was formerly placed in Douglasia, now known to belong within Androsace. Wikipedia: Androsace nivalis

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty Moderate Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Sow outdoors and leave it

    Up in December-February.

No stated waiting before sowing.

40% germination.

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

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Douglasia p. 135Public domain
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Douglasia (Primulaceae). D. nivalis germ. 4/10 in December-February in outdoor treatment. This is one of the very few species that germ. in mid-winter.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Douglasia p. 135. 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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