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Silene colorata

Carmine Catchfly

Family CaryophyllaceaeGenus Silene

A pink flower seen face-on, each of its five petals cut into two crimped lobes around a white center with brown anthers.
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About the plant

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

Habit
annualPlants of the World Online
Flower
Pink-purplish-whiteFlora of Pakistan
Native range
Albania, Algeria, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is. 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; Flora of Pakistan — S. I. Ali and M. Qaiser (eds.); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Two sources report two treatments between them. Both are shown.

Protocol 1

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1998

Difficulty Low Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around March 15, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Cold moist stratification

    Temperature: 40°F 4°C

Germination happens during step 1, in 21 days.

100% germination in 21 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1998 · 2nd Supplement, Silene p. 62Public domain
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Silene (Caryophyllaceae). The following are updates. S. colorata germ. 100% on 3rd d in 70D or 70L and 40(100% in 3rd w). Seeds DS 1 y and 2 y germ. identically showing no tracé of dying. .
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement, 2nd Supplement, Silene p. 62. 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, 1996

Difficulty Moderate Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around March 15, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Cold moist stratification

    Temperature: 40°F 4°C

Germination happens during step 1, in 21 days.

30% germination in 21 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1996 · 1st Supplement, Silene p. 78Public domain
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Silene (Caryophyllaceae). S. colorata germ. 100% on 3rd d in either 70D or 70L and 40(30% in 3rd w).
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Silene p. 78. 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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