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Jasione crispa

Dwarf Sheep's-bit

Family CampanulaceaeGenus Jasione

A pale lilac pincushion flowerhead of many narrow florets
FlowerJavier martinPublic domain

About the plant

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

Habit
perennialPlants of the World Online
Flower
Pale lilacRead from the photograph on this page
Native range
Algeria, France, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, TunisiaGBIF 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; Read from the photograph on this page — Deno's Garden; 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: either

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 14 days to germinate.

65% germination in 14 days.

Neither light nor three months at 40 beforehand changed anything.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, JasionePublic domain
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Jasione (Campanulaceae). J. crispa germ. 70(65% in 2nd . w). Light or a prior 3 m at 40 had no effect.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Jasione. 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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