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Anemonopsis macrophylla

False Anemone

Family RanunculaceaeGenus Anemonopsis

Nodding pale lilac flowers with a cupped purple center, hanging on thin arching stems beside round green buds
FlowerHaragayatoCC BY-SA 3.0

About the plant

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

Habit
perennialPlants of the World Online
Flower
Pale lavenderWikipedia
Native range
JapanGBIF 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

  • False anemone is the only species in its genus and grows wild only on Honshu, Japan's main island. Anemonopsis means "anemone-like", and macrophylla "large-leaved". It needs summer moisture but resents wet winters. Wikipedia: Anemonopsis

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty High Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Warm moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C Light: either

  2. Cold moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C Light: either

  3. Warm moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C Light: either

  4. Cold moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C Light: either

    20 germinated in this phase.

  5. Warm moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C Light: either

about 12 months from start to step 5. Germination happens during step 5, in 11 days.

60% germination in 1–11 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Anemonopsis p. 96Public domain
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Anemonopsis (Ranunculaceae). A. macrophylla germ. 70-40-70-40(20% in 12th w)-70(60% in 1-11 d) and 40-70-40-70 none. Germination is epigeal, and the cotyledons open in the 2nd w after germination. Light had no effect.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Anemonopsis p. 96. 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

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