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Phlomoides tuberosa

Candypink Torchwort · Tuberous Jerusalem Sage

Family LamiaceaeGenus Phlomoides

Tall dark stems carrying widely spaced whorls of pink-lilac hooded flowers and dark buds, standing above dry steppe grass.
The whole plantLe.Loup.GrisCC BY-SA 3.0

About the plant

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

Habit
perennial or tuberous geophytePlants of the World Online
Flower
Purple-redWikipedia
Native range
Albania, Altay, Amur, Austria, Bulgaria, Buryatiya 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; Wikipedia — Wikipedia contributors; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Worth knowing

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty Moderate Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: either

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, Phlomis p. 191Public domain
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Phlomis (Lamlaceae). P. tuberosa germ. 70(3/6 in 3rd d). Light had no effect.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Phlomis p. 191. 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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