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Gaultheria trichophylla

Himalayan Snowberry

Family EricaceaeGenus Gaultheria

Round sky-blue berries among small toothed leaves, on mossy ground beside a rock
FruitMorten RossCC 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
WhiteFlora of China
Native range
Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan 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; Flora of China — Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven and Hong Deyuan (eds.); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Worth knowing

  • Himalayan snowberry has red, pink or white flowers, blue berries and tiny leaves about 3 mm long. J. Forbes Royle described its habitat in his illustrated work on the botany of the Himalayas. Wikipedia: Gaultheria trichophylla

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty Moderate Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: light

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 49 days to germinate.

55% germination in 21–49 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Gaultheria p. 145Public domain
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Gaultheria (Ericaceae). Seed is enclosed in a berry and was WC. G. trichophylla germ. :70L(55% in 3-7w) and 70D(none). When the sample in 70D was shifted to 70L after 4 w, 25% germ. in 2 d-4 w.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Gaultheria p. 145. 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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