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Inula rhizocephala

Stemless Inula

Family AsteraceaeGenus Inula

Yellow flowerheads packed into the center of a flat rosette of gray-green leaves
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About the plant

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

Habit
perennialPlants of the World Online
Flower
YellowFlora of China
Native range
Afghanistan, Altay, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kirgizistan, Middle Asia 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 Low Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 6 days to germinate.

100% germination in 5–6 days.

Fresh seed or six months' dry storage at 70 -- it made no difference.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, InulaPublic domain
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lnula (Asteraceae). All appear to be D-70 germinators. I. rhizocephala germ. 70(100% in 5-6 d) using -fresh seed or seed DS 6 m at 70.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Inula. 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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