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Flower Photo by and (c)2008 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man). Co-attribution must be given to the Chanticleer Garden. CC BY-SA 3.0 About the plant What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.
Habit biennial or perennial Plants of the World Online
Flower Crimson Read from the photograph on this page
Native range Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, NW. Balkan Pen., Romania, Türkiye-in-Europe GBIF 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.
Worth knowing Macedonian scabious has rich red pincushion flowers, like those of its close relative Scabiosa. It is native to southeastern Europe. Wikipedia: Knautia macedonica This source reports 4 treatments. All are shown.
Protocol 1 N. C. Deno, 1996 Difficulty Moderate Rated by us, not by the source.
Start around March 15, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.
1 Sow and cover
Temperature: 70°F 21°C · Light: light
No stated waiting before sowing. Then 21 days to germinate.
65% germination in 7–21 days.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1996 · 1st Supplement, Knautia p. 51Public domain Show the original text Knautia (Dipsaceae). K. macedonica germ. 70L(65% in 1-3 w) 70 GA-3(62% in 1-3 w), 70D(21% in 1-5 w), and none in 40-70D or 40-70L. Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Knautia p. 51. 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 N. C. Deno, 1996 Difficulty Moderate Rated by us, not by the source.
Start around March 15, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.
1 2 Sow and cover
Temperature: 70°F 21°C
No stated waiting before sowing. Then 21 days to germinate.
62% germination in 7–21 days.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1996 · 1st Supplement, Knautia p. 51Public domain Show the original text Knautia (Dipsaceae). K. macedonica germ. 70L(65% in 1-3 w) 70 GA-3(62% in 1-3 w), 70D(21% in 1-5 w), and none in 40-70D or 40-70L. Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Knautia p. 51. 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 3 N. C. Deno, 1996 Difficulty High Rated by us, not by the source.
Start around March 1, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.
1 Sow and cover
Temperature: 70°F 21°C · Light: dark
No stated waiting before sowing. Then 35 days to germinate.
21% germination in 7–35 days.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1996 · 1st Supplement, Knautia p. 51Public domain Show the original text Knautia (Dipsaceae). K. macedonica germ. 70L(65% in 1-3 w) 70 GA-3(62% in 1-3 w), 70D(21% in 1-5 w), and none in 40-70D or 40-70L. Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Knautia p. 51. 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 4 N. C. Deno, 1996 1 Cold moist stratification
Temperature: 40°F 4°C
Germination happens during step 1.
0% germination.
Nothing germinated at 40.
This source doesn't state how long step 1 lasts.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1996 · 1st Supplement, Knautia p. 51Public domain Show the original text Knautia (Dipsaceae). K. macedonica germ. 70L(65% in 1-3 w) 70 GA-3(62% in 1-3 w), 70D(21% in 1-5 w), and none in 40-70D or 40-70L. Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Knautia p. 51. 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.
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