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Nama rothrockii

Rothrock's Fiddleleaf

Family BoraginaceaeGenus Nama

A low sprawling plant of hairy toothed leaves pressed flat to coarse pale sand, with small clusters of purple flowers at the center.
The whole plantUnknown authorUnknown authorPublic domain

About the plant

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

Habit
Perennial, Forb/herb, SubshrubPLANTS Database
Flower
Pink, light purple, deep purple, pale blueWikipedia
Native range
Arizona, California, NevadaGBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Toxicity is noted only where a source states it. No note here is not a finding of safety.

Sources: PLANTS Database — USDA NRCS; Wikipedia — Wikipedia contributors; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1996

Difficulty High Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Gibberellic acid soak

  2. Warm moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C

  3. Cold moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C

    11 germinated in this phase.

Steps after step 2 run on after germination.

Germination happens during step 2, in 63 days.

28% germination in 28–63 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1996 · 1st Supplement, Nama p. 60Public domain
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Nama (Hydrophyllaceae). N. rothrockii germ. 70 GA-3(28% in 4-9 w)-40(11%) and none in any other treatment.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Nama 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.

How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.

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