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Silene samojedorum

Samoyed Campion

Family CaryophyllaceaeGenus Silene

Clusters of magenta flowers with rounded petals and white-tipped stamens, on a dark sticky stem above grass.
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About the plant

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

Habit
perennialPlants of the World Online
Flower
PinkWikipedia
Native range
Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, North European Russia, West Siberia, YakutiyaGBIF 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.

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1998

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 35 days to germinate.

100% germination in 7–35 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. yunnanensis germ 70D(100% in 1-5 w). After 1 y of DS germination was 80% in 3-13 d in 70D.
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.

Germination trials

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