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Lotus rectus

Greater Badassi · Erect Canary Clover

Family FabaceaeGenus Lotus

A small head of white-and-pink pea flowers among soft, clover-like green leaflets
FlowerRicardo LimaCC0

About the plant

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

Habit
subshrub or shrubPlants of the World Online
Flower
White, pinkRead from the photograph on this page
Native range
Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is. 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; Read from the photograph on this page — Deno's Garden; 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

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 3 days to germinate.

50% germination in 3 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Dorycnium p. 134Public domain
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Dorycnium (Fabaceae). D. rectum germ. 4/8 on the 3rd d at 70.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Dorycnium p. 134. 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.

Germination trials

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