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Myrsine nummularia

Creeping Mapou · Creeping Matipo

Family PrimulaceaeGenus Myrsine

A creeping mat of tiny round leaves edged in bronze, threaded through moss and gray lichen, with one round violet berry.
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About the plant

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

Habit
subshrubPlants of the World Online
Native range
New Zealand North, New Zealand SouthGBIF 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; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

This source reports two treatments. Both are shown.

Protocol 1

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1996

Difficulty High Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around July 23, 2027 for a May 3 last frost. Too late for spring 2027 — that needed starting on July 22, 2026.

  1. Warm moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C

  2. Cold moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C

  3. Warm moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C

  4. Cold moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C

  5. Warm moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C

    1/3 germinated in this phase.

Steps after step 3 run on after germination.

about 6 months from start to step 3. Germination happens during step 3, in 77 days.

33% germination in 77 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1996 · 1st Supplement, Myrsine p. 60Public domain
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Myrsine (Myrsinaceae). M. nummularia germ. 70-40-70(1/3 in 11th w)-40- 70(1/3 on 8th d) and none in 70L or 70 GA-3.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Myrsine p. 60. 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

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1996

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: light

No stated waiting before sowing.

0% germination.

Nothing germinated at 70.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1996 · 1st Supplement, Myrsine p. 60Public domain
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Myrsine (Myrsinaceae). M. nummularia germ. 70-40-70(1/3 in 11th w)-40- 70(1/3 on 8th d) and none in 70L or 70 GA-3.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Myrsine p. 60. 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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