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Campanula spicata

Spiked Bellflower

Family CampanulaceaeGenus Campanula

A tall unbranched spike crowded with violet flowers and buds, rising from grass on a stony slope
The whole plantHectonichusCC BY-SA 3.0

About the plant

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

Habit
biennialPlants of the World Online
Flower
VioletRead from the photograph on this page
Native range
Austria, France, Italy, NW. Balkan Pen., SwitzerlandGBIF 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

  • Campanula means "small bell", for the shape of the flower, and spicata refers to the spike of flowers of the spiked bellflower. Wikipedia: Campanula spicata

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty Moderate Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Cold moist stratification

    Temperature: 40°F 4°C

Germination happens during step 1, in 49 days.

61% germination in 21–49 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Campanula p. 110Public domain
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Campanula (Campanulaceae). Most species are D-70 germinators. There are some that are 40-70 germinators and photorequirers and C. spicata germ. 66% in 2nd w in either 70L or 70D and 40(61% in 3-7 w).
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Campanula p. 110. 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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