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Spergularia rupicola

Rock Sea-spurrey

Family CaryophyllaceaeGenus Spergularia

Small pink five-petalled flowers scattered over a low mat of fleshy green shoots and grass, on sandy ground.
The whole plantGhislain118 https://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.netCC BY-SA 3.0

About the plant

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

Habit
perennialPlants of the World Online
Flower
PinkRead from the photograph on this page

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.

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1998

Difficulty Low Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Dry storage

    Duration: 0–730 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C

  2. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: light

about 2 years from start to sowing. Then 4 days to germinate.

100% germination in 4 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1998 · 2nd Supplement, Spergularia p. 62Public domain
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Spergularia (Caryophyllaceae). ' S. rupicola germ. 70L(100% in 4th d) for seeds DS 0-2 y. Germination in the dark in 70D was 10% in 2nd w for fresh seed, 40% in 2nd w for seeds DS 1 y, and * 30% in 3-8 d for seeds DS 2 y.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement, 2nd Supplement, Spergularia 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.

How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.

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