Dichelostemma multiflorum
Many-flower Brodiaea · Round-tooth Snake-lily · Round-tooth Ookow · Roundtooth Snakelily
About the plant
What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.
- Habit
- bulbous geophytePlants of the World Online
- Habit
- Perennial, Forb/herbPLANTS Database
- Flower
- Pink, bluish purpleFlora of North America
- Native range
- California, OregonGBIF 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; PLANTS Database — USDA NRCS; Flora of North America — Flora of North America Editorial Committee; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Worth knowing
- Round-tooth snake-lily raises a tall, bare stem topped with a round head of up to 35 densely packed purple or pink-purple flowers, in the hills and grasslands of California and Oregon. Wikipedia: Dichelostemma multiflorum
Protocol
DerivedN. C. Deno, 1998Difficulty Moderate
Dry storage
Duration: 1460 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C
Cold moist stratification
Temperature: 40°F 4°C
about 4 years from start to step 2. Germination happens during step 2, in 77 days.
60% germination in 77 days.
How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.
Germination trials
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