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Silene flos-jovis

Flower-of-Jove

Family CaryophyllaceaeGenus Silene

Two heads of bright pink flowers with broad notched petals and pale centers, the buds held in mealy gray calyces.
FlowerBernard DUPONT from FRANCECC BY-SA 2.0

About the plant

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

Habit
biennial or perennialPlants of the World Online
Flower
PinkWikipedia

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.

Worth knowing

  • Flower-of-Jove grows in the central Alps at 1,000 to 2,400 m, with hairy gray-green leaves and notched pink flowers all summer. Under its old name, Lychnis flos-jovis, it holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit. Wikipedia: Silene flos-jovis

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1998

Difficulty High Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 21 days to germinate.

17% germination in 7–21 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1998 · 2nd Supplement, Lychnis p. 46Public domain
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Lychnis (Caryophyllaceae). L. flos-jovis DS 4 y germ. 70D{29% in 4-20 d). L hyb. germ. 70D(17% in 1-3 w).
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement, 2nd Supplement, Lychnis p. 46. 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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