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Aquilegia olympica

Olympic Columbine · Caucasian Columbine

Family RanunculaceaeGenus Aquilegia

A large flower with violet-blue outer petals and white cups around a tuft of yellow stamens, fine hairs catching the light
FlowerSergei KazantsevCC BY-SA 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
BlueOrnamental Plants From Russia And Adjacent States Of The Former Soviet Union
Native range
Iran, TürkiyeGBIF 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; Ornamental Plants From Russia And Adjacent States Of The Former Soviet Union; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Worth knowing

  • This columbine of Turkey, Iran and the Caucasus flowers in late spring and early summer, and larvae of the columbine sawfly have been recorded feeding on it. In eastern Turkey a decoction of the plant was traditionally used as a diuretic. Wikipedia: Aquilegia olympica

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty Moderate Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Sow outdoors and leave it

No stated waiting before sowing.

50% germination.

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

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Aquilegia p. 97Public domain
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Aquilegia (Ranunculaceae). Three treatments gave germination, and all other treatments failed. The three were (a) treatment of fresh or DS seed with GA-3 at 70, (b) sowing of OS seed at 70, and (c) outdoor treatment. All three of the treatments were used In only a few of the species so that it is not certain that all three will work with every species. Stewart and Presley (ref. 9) were the first to report that GA-3 was valuable in stimulating the germination of A. olympica germ. 50% in outdoor treatment in the first 2 w of May. None germ. in a year of alternating cycles starting either at 40 or 70.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Aquilegia p. 97. 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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