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Androstoma empetrifolia

Bog Mingimingi

Family EricaceaeGenus Androstoma

Low wiry shoots densely set with tiny needle-like leaves, carrying scattered round red berries among gray lichen
FruitKrzysztof Ziarnek, KenraizCC BY-SA 4.0

About the plant

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

Native range
Antipodean Is., New Zealand North, New Zealand SouthGBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Toxicity is noted only where a source states it. No note here is not a finding of safety.

Source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1998

Difficulty High Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C

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

20% germination.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1998 · 2nd Supplement, Cyathodes p. 27Public domain
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Cyathodes (Epacridaceae). C. empetrifolia germ. 1/5 at 70 after 2 y of alternating 3 m at 70 and 3 m at 40.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement, 2nd Supplement, Cyathodes p. 27. 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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