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Hebe guthrieana

Family PlantaginaceaeGenus Hebe

Also published as Hebe guthreana. You are in the right place.

A small shrub of upright stems lined with neat rows of small yellow-green and bronze leaves, beside a rock
The whole plantPictured: Veronica decumbens, a relativeChristopher StephensCC BY-SA 4.0

About the plant

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

Note
An unresolved name: recorded by WFO, flagged doubtful by GBIF.World Flora Online

Toxicity is noted only where a source states it. No note here is not a finding of safety.

Source: World Flora Online — WFO Consortium.

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 February 13, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Cold moist stratification

    Temperature: 40°F 4°C

    96% germinated at 40 itself.

  2. Warm moist stratification

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C

    A further 4% after the move.

Germination happens during step 2, in 51 days.

96% germination — first up on day 48, then 40% a day.

The rate reads '40%/d' in the scan, which is how it prints '40%/d' elsewhere.

This source doesn't state how long step 1 lasts.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, HebePublic domain
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Hebe (Scrophulariaceae). H. guthreana germ. 40 (96%, i. t 48 d, 40%/d)-70(4%) and 70(5%). The seed sown at 70 might have given better germination if the experiment had been continued.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Hebe. 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

Start around March 15, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C

No stated waiting before sowing. Germination time not stated; 21 days assumed.

5% germination.

Deno thought 70 might have done better had the experiment run longer.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, HebePublic domain
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Hebe (Scrophulariaceae). H. guthreana germ. 40 (96%, i. t 48 d, 40%/d)-70(4%) and 70(5%). The seed sown at 70 might have given better germination if the experiment had been continued.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Hebe. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record; 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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