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Parrya schugnana

Family BrassicaceaeGenus Parrya

Sprays of small pink four-petalled flowers on thin stalks from a tuft of narrow leaves on a red rock face
FlowerPictured: Parrya beketovii, a relativedschigelCC BY 4.0

About the plant

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

Flower
PinkRead from the photograph on this page
Native range
TadzhikistanGBIF Backbone Taxonomy

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

Sources: Read from the photograph on this page — Deno's Garden; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty High Rated by us, not by the source.

  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

about 6 months from start to step 3. Germination happens during step 3, in 28 days.

20% germination in 7–28 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Parrya p. 186Public domain
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Parrya (Brassicaceae). P.,menziesii germ. 70(10% in 4th w)-40-70(35% in 1-4 w). P. schugnana germ. 70-40-70(20% in 1-4 w).
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Parrya p. 186. 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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