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Euphorbia franchetii

Franchet's Spurge

Family EuphorbiaceaeGenus Euphorbia

Small yellow-green flowers cupped in rounded green bracts, on a leafy stem
FlowerPictured: Euphorbia pekinensis, a relativeMarco MussitaCC BY 4.0

About the plant

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

Habit
annualPlants of the World Online
Flower
Yellow-greenRead from the photograph on this page
Native range
Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan and elsewhereGBIF 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; Read from the photograph on this page — Deno's Garden; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty Very high Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Cold moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C

  2. Warm moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C

Steps after step 1 run on after germination.

Germination happens during step 1, in 5 days.

4% germination in 5 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Euphorbia p. 142Public domain
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Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae). E. francheti germ. 40(4% on 5th d)-70 and 70D(none). The rest rotted.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Euphorbia p. 142. 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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