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Oreoxis humilis

Pikes Peak Spring-parsley

Family ApiaceaeGenus Oreoxis

Also published as Cymopterus humilis. You are in the right place.

Domed heads of tiny yellow flowers on short stalks, among ferny green leaves and last year's bleached grass.
FlowerSteve Olson, USFS botanist per [1]Public domain

About the plant

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

Habit
perennialPlants of the World Online
Flower
YellowWikipedia

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; Wikipedia — Wikipedia contributors.

Worth knowing

  • Pikes Peak spring-parsley, now Oreoxis humilis, is known only from around Pikes Peak in Colorado, in three occurrences totalling about 4,240 plants. Building and maintenance work on the Pikes Peak Highway threatens it. Wikipedia: Oreoxis humilis

This source reports 4 treatments. All are shown.

Protocol 1

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1998

Difficulty High Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around April 17, 2027 for a May 3 last frost. Too late for spring 2027 — that needed starting on April 16, 2026.

  1. Warm moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C Light: light

  2. Cold moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C

  3. Warm moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C Light: light

  4. Cold moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C

about 9 months from start to step 4. Germination happens during step 4, in 84 days.

25% germination in 84 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1998 · 2nd Supplement, Aletes p. 11Public domain
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Aletes (Apiaceae). A. humilis germ. 40-70D(1/5 in 11th w) and 70L-40-70L- 40(1/4 in 12th w) and none in 70D, 70 GA-3, or OT.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement, 2nd Supplement, Aletes p. 11. 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, 1998

Difficulty High Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around October 21, 2027 for a May 3 last frost. Too late for spring 2027 — that needed starting on October 20, 2026.

  1. Cold moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C

  2. Warm moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark

about 3 months from start to step 2. Germination happens during step 2, in 77 days.

20% germination in 77 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1998 · 2nd Supplement, Aletes p. 11Public domain
Show the original text
Aletes (Apiaceae). A. humilis germ. 40-70D(1/5 in 11th w) and 70L-40-70L- 40(1/4 in 12th w) and none in 70D, 70 GA-3, or OT.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement, 2nd Supplement, Aletes p. 11. 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

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1998

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark

No stated waiting before sowing.

0% germination.

Nothing germinated at 70.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1998 · 2nd Supplement, Aletes p. 11Public domain
Show the original text
Aletes (Apiaceae). A. humilis germ. 40-70D(1/5 in 11th w) and 70L-40-70L- 40(1/4 in 12th w) and none in 70D, 70 GA-3, or OT.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement, 2nd Supplement, Aletes p. 11. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record; the step names come from a fixed list.

Protocol 4

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1998

Difficulty Very high Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Sow outdoors and leave it

    Nothing germinated outdoors.

No stated waiting before sowing.

0% germination.

This source doesn't state how long step 1 lasts.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1998 · 2nd Supplement, Aletes p. 11Public domain
Show the original text
Aletes (Apiaceae). A. humilis germ. 40-70D(1/5 in 11th w) and 70L-40-70L- 40(1/4 in 12th w) and none in 70D, 70 GA-3, or OT.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement, 2nd Supplement, Aletes p. 11. 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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