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Carex punicea

Frost Flat Hook Grass · Red Bastard Grass

Family CyperaceaeGenus Carex

A dense tussock of fine rust-red and straw-colored leaves in a dry meadow
The whole plantSantiago Martín-BravoCC 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
Native range
New Zealand North, 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; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1998

Difficulty High Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Warm moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark

  2. Cold moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C

  3. Warm moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark

about 6 months from start to step 3. Germination happens during step 3, in 21 days.

40% germination in 21 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1998 · 2nd Supplement, Uncinia p. 66Public domain
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Uncinia (Asteraceae). Samples received under this name are possibly the genus Ursinia. U. rubra germ. 70D-40-70D(4/10 in 3rd w).
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement, 2nd Supplement, Uncinia p. 66. 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

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