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Hypericum choisyanum

Choisy's St. John's Wort · Short-stamen Hypericum

Family HypericaceaeGenus Hypericum

A sprawling shrub scattered with yellow flowers, growing in front of a brick house
The whole plantLeonora (Ellie) Enking from East Preston, United KingdomCC BY-SA 2.0

About the plant

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

Habit
shrubPlants of the World Online
Flower
Deep golden yellowFlora of China
Native range
China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet 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, 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 21 days to germinate.

50% germination in 21 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Hypericum p. 154Public domain
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Hypericum (Hyperiaceae). H. choisianum required light and germ. 70L(50% in 3rd w) and 70D(none).
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Hypericum p. 154. 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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