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Brachyglottis lagopus

Dwarf Alpine Senecio

Family AsteraceaeGenus Brachyglottis

Also published as Brachyglottis bellidioides. You are in the right place.

Two yellow daisies with widely spaced rays on a short stem, above hairy oval leaves pressed to a mossy bank.
FlowerRichard LittauerCC BY 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
YellowWikipedia
Native range
New Zealand SouthGBIF 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

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1996

Difficulty High Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: light

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 28 days to germinate.

25% germination in 28 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1996 · 1st Supplement, Brachyglottis p. 26Public domain
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Brachyglottis (Asteraceae). B. bellidioides germ 70L(2/8 in 4th w) and 70D(all rotted). The sample was to small to conclude that light was required.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Brachyglottis p. 26. 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

Readers’ own records of sowing this species, published after review. Share your trial · All trials

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