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Glaucium elegans

Annual Horned Poppy

Family PapaveraceaeGenus Glaucium

A cupped orange-yellow flower with a scarlet ring at its base and a yellow boss of stamens, on a bristly stem with lobed leaves.
FlowerKrzysztof Ziarnek, KenraizCC BY-SA 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
OrangeFlora of China
Native range
Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Mongolia, North Caucasus 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.

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1996

Difficulty High Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Dry storage

    Duration: 180 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C

  2. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark

about 6 months from start to sowing. Then 21 days to germinate.

17% germination in 21 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1996 · 1st Supplement, Glaucium p. 46Public domain
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Glaucium (Papaveraceae). G. elegans germ. 70D(17% in 3rd w) for either seed DS 6 m or 2 y, but seeds DS 3 y were dead.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Glaucium p. 46. 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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