Ballota pseudodictamnus
False Dittany · False Divinity · Greek Horehound
About the plant
What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.
The plant
- Habit
- perennial or subshrubPlants of the World Online
- Flower
- PinkWikipedia
Growing conditions
- Sun
- Full sunNotes from web searches
- Soil
- Well drained soilNotes from web searches
- Watering
- Drought tolerantNotes from web searches
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; Notes from web searches — Amir Abed.
Worth knowing
- Pseudodictamnus means "false dittany". The likeness meant is to the classical dittany of Crete, Origanum dictamnus, not to the distantly related genus Dictamnus. False dittany, from the southern Aegean, holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit. Wikipedia: Pseudodictamnus mediterraneus
Protocol
DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993Difficulty Low
Sow and cover
Temperature: 70°F 21°C
No stated waiting before sowing. Then 21 days to germinate.
50% germination in 21 days.
How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.
Germination trials
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