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Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides

Daggerpod · Wallflower Phoenicaulis

Family BrassicaceaeGenus Phoenicaulis

Purple-pink flower clusters on reddish stalks, rising from a rosette of thick silver-gray leaves on bare volcanic ground.
The whole plantGaunaPublic domain

About the plant

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

Habit
subshrubPlants of the World Online
Habit
Perennial, Forb/herbPLANTS Database
Flower
Purple, pinkWikipedia
Native range
California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, WashingtonGBIF 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; PLANTS Database — USDA NRCS; Wikipedia — Wikipedia contributors; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Worth knowing

  • Daggerpod is the only species in its genus. Phoenicaulis means "reddish-purple stems", probably because its stems tend to take on that color. Wikipedia: Phoenicaulis

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1996

Difficulty Low Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 14 days to germinate.

75% germination in 14 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1996 · 1st Supplement, Phoenicaulis p. 65Public domain
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Phoenicaulis (BrassEcaceae). P. cheiranthoides germ. 70D(3/4 in 2nd w)
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Phoenicaulis p. 65. 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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Readers’ own records of sowing this species, published after review. Share your trial · All trials

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