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Scabiosa pyrenaica

Piedmont Scabious · Woolly Scabious

Family CaprifoliaceaeGenus Scabiosa

Pale lilac pincushion heads with paler centers, on long wiry stems above deeply cut leaves, beside bare dry soil.
FlowerKrzysztof Ziarnek, KenraizCC BY-SA 4.0

About the plant

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

Habit
perennialPlants of the World Online
Flower
Pale lilacRead from the photograph on this page
Native range
France, ItalyGBIF 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; Read from the photograph on this page — Deno's Garden; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1996

Difficulty Moderate Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: light

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 35 days to germinate.

38% germination in 14–35 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1996 · 1st Supplement, Scabiosa p. 76Public domain
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Scabiosa (Dipsacaceae). S. vestita germ. 70L(3/8 in 2-5 w). The seeds put in 70D treatment were found to be all empty seed coats so that the results do not as yet indicate a light requirement.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Scabiosa p. 76. 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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