Berzelia lanuginosa
Common Buttonbush · Marsh Buttonbush · Vlei Kolkol
About the plant
What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.
- Habit
- shrubPlants of the World Online
- Flower
- CreamRead from the photograph on this page
- Native range
- Cape ProvincesGBIF 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; Read from the photograph on this page — Deno's Garden; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Worth knowing
- Linnaeus described this button bush from the Western Cape as Brunia lanuginosa in his Species Plantarum of 1753; it was moved to the new genus Berzelia in 1826. Wikipedia: Berzelia lanuginosa
Protocol
DerivedN. C. Deno, 1998Difficulty Very high
Sow and cover
Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: light
No stated waiting before sowing. Germination time not stated; 21 days assumed.
6% germination.
How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.
Germination trials
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