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Cymopterus aboriginum

Indian Springparsley

Family ApiaceaeGenus Cymopterus

Also published as Aulospermum aboriginum. You are in the right place.

A low mound of finely divided gray-green leaves on pale gravel, with small round heads of whitish flowers on dark stalks
The whole plantJim Morefield from Nevada, USACC BY-SA 2.0

About the plant

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

Habit
perennialPlants of the World Online
Flower
WhiteWikipedia

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.

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1996

Difficulty High Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Cold moist stratification

    Temperature: 40°F 4°C

Germination happens during step 1, in 49 days.

12% germination in 49 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1996 · 1st Supplement, Cymopterus p. 35Public domain
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Cymopterus (Apiaceae). , C. aboriginum germ. 40(1/8 in 7th w) and 70D(none). Despite the limited data the germination at 40 is similar to other members of this genus.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Cymopterus p. 35. 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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