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Dracocephalum canescens

Azure Lip

Family LamiaceaeGenus Dracocephalum

Also published as Lallemantia canescens. You are in the right place.

Violet-blue hooded flowers ranged up a leafy spike
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About the plant

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

Habit
annualPlants of the World Online
Flower
VioletRead from the photograph on this page

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; Read from the photograph on this page — Deno's Garden.

This source reports three treatments. All are shown.

Protocol 1

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty Low Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Sow outdoors and leave it

    Up in March and early April.

No stated waiting before sowing.

80% germination.

The best result in the entry, and it needs nothing but a seed bed.

This source doesn't state how long step 1 lasts.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, LallemantiaPublic domain
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Lallemantia (Lamiaceae). L. àanescens germ. 60% in 3-8 d in either 70D or 70L, 40(26% in 5th w), and 80% in March and early April in outdoor treatment.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Lallemantia. 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.

Protocol 2

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty Low Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around March 28, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: either

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 8 days to germinate.

60% germination in 3–8 days.

Light makes no difference: 60% either way, inside a week.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, LallemantiaPublic domain
Show the original text
Lallemantia (Lamiaceae). L. àanescens germ. 60% in 3-8 d in either 70D or 70L, 40(26% in 5th w), and 80% in March and early April in outdoor treatment.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Lallemantia. 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.

Protocol 3

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty Moderate Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around March 1, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Cold moist stratification

    Temperature: 40°F 4°C

Germination happens during step 1, in 35 days.

26% germination in 35 days.

Cold costs more than half the packet and a month. There is no reason to use it.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, LallemantiaPublic domain
Show the original text
Lallemantia (Lamiaceae). L. àanescens germ. 60% in 3-8 d in either 70D or 70L, 40(26% in 5th w), and 80% in March and early April in outdoor treatment.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Lallemantia. 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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