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Dicentra uniflora

Longhorn Steer's-head · One-flowered Bleeding-heart · Steer's Head

Family PapaveraceaeGenus Dicentra

Three cream and pink flowers with swept-back petals, low among gray dissected leaves and twigs
FlowerWallace KeckPublic domain

About the plant

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

Habit
perennialPlants of the World Online
Habit
Perennial, Forb/herbPLANTS Database
Flower
Pink, whiteFlora of North America
Native range
Canada, lower 48 statesPLANTS Database

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; PLANTS Database — USDA NRCS; Flora of North America — Flora of North America Editorial Committee.

Worth knowing

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1996

Difficulty Low Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Dry storage

    Duration: 180 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C

  2. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C

about 6 months from start to sowing. Then 28 days to germinate.

100% germination in 28 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1996 · 1st Supplement, Dicentra p. 38Public domain
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Dicentra (Fumariaceae). D. uniflora germ. 70D(1/1 in 4th w) using seed DS 6 m at 70. The same seed in the fresh state failed to germinate under all conditions. However, there were many empty seed coats so that it is not certain if any viable seed was present in many of the expts.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Dicentra p. 38. 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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