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Farinopsis salesoviana

White Himalayan Cinquefoil

Family RosaceaeGenus Farinopsis

A white five-petalled flower with a ring of many stamens, above toothed pinnate leaves
Flowerdmitry_kulakovCC BY 4.0

About the plant

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

Habit
subshrubPlants of the World Online
Flower
WhiteRead from the photograph on this page
Native range
Altay, China North-Central, Inner Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Mongolia 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.

Worth knowing

  • Farinopsis salesoviana is the only species in its genus, a subshrub of the rose family found from Central Asia to southern Siberia, Pakistan, Mongolia and northern China. Wikipedia: Farinopsis

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 25, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 11 days to germinate.

78% germination in 5–11 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Potentilla p. 196Public domain
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Potentilla (Rosaceae). P. salesoviana germ. 70(78% in 5-11 d) and 40(41% in 5-11 d). This species is sometimes placed in the genus Comarum.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Potentilla p. 196. 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 Moderate Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around March 25, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Cold moist stratification

    Temperature: 40°F 4°C

Germination happens during step 1, in 11 days.

41% germination in 5–11 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Potentilla p. 196Public domain
Show the original text
Potentilla (Rosaceae). P. salesoviana germ. 70(78% in 5-11 d) and 40(41% in 5-11 d). This species is sometimes placed in the genus Comarum.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Potentilla p. 196. 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.

Germination trials

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