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Erythranthe lutea

Blood-drop-emlets · Yellow Monkey-flower · Yellow Musk

Family PhrymaceaeGenus Erythranthe

A yellow two-lipped flower heavily blotched and speckled with dark red in the throat
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About the plant

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

Habit
perennialPlants of the World Online
Flower
YellowWikipedia
Native range
Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile SouthGBIF 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; Wikipedia — Wikipedia contributors; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Worth knowing

  • This monkeyflower, formerly Mimulus luteus, comes from temperate South America, including Chile and Argentina. Among its many names are monkey musk and blood-drop-emlets. Wikipedia: Erythranthe lutea

This source reports two treatments. Both are shown.

Protocol 1

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty Low Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around March 20, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 16 days to germinate.

100% germination in 2–16 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Mimulus p. 178Public domain
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Mimulus (Scrophulariaceae). Light was required for some species. M. "Andean Nymph" germ. 70(1%)-40-70 and 40(34% in 5th w). M. "Calypso hybrids" germ. some in the 10th w at 70. M. luteus germ. 70(100% in 2-16 d) and 40(88% in 2-6 w). Germination was lower in DS seed with 1-20% germ. at 70 and zero at 40..
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Mimulus p. 178. 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 February 22, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Cold moist stratification

    Temperature: 40°F 4°C

Germination happens during step 1, in 42 days.

88% germination in 14–42 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Mimulus p. 178Public domain
Show the original text
Mimulus (Scrophulariaceae). Light was required for some species. M. "Andean Nymph" germ. 70(1%)-40-70 and 40(34% in 5th w). M. "Calypso hybrids" germ. some in the 10th w at 70. M. luteus germ. 70(100% in 2-16 d) and 40(88% in 2-6 w). Germination was lower in DS seed with 1-20% germ. at 70 and zero at 40..
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Mimulus p. 178. 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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