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Draba cretica

Whitlow-grass

Family BrassicaceaeGenus Draba

A tiny cushion of hairy green rosettes topped with yellow buds, wedged among pale limestone rocks
The whole plantGrzegorz GrzejszczakCC BY-SA 4.0

About the plant

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

Habit
subshrubPlants of the World Online
Native range
KritiGBIF 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, 1993

Difficulty Low Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 14 days to germinate.

90% germination in 14 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Draba p. 135Public domain
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Draba (Brassicaceae). Most Draba are D-70 germinators. A comparison of the high germination of DS to low germination of fresh seed was given in Table 5-1. Sowing of fresh seed at 70 not only gives low germination, but is often fatal. D. cretica germ. 70D(90% in 2nd w). Treatment with GA-3 had little effect.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Draba p. 135. 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.

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