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Stachys alpina

Alpine Woundwort · Limestone Woundwort · Alpine Woundwort / Limestone Woundwort

Family LamiaceaeGenus Stachys

Whorls of small purple two-lipped flowers in bristly green bracts, spaced up a square stem with large toothed leaves.
FlowerOlivier PichardCC 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
PurpleRead from the photograph on this page
Native range
Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia-Slovakia, France 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; Read from the photograph on this page — Deno's Garden; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

This source reports three treatments. All are shown.

Protocol 1

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1996

Difficulty High Rated by us, not by the source.

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

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: light

No stated waiting before sowing. Germination time not stated; 21 days assumed.

20% germination.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1996 · 1st Supplement, Stachys p. 79Public domain
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Stachys (Lamiaceae). S. alpina germ. 70D(1/9), 70L(2/10), OT(1/11 in March), and 40(none). The low germinations are probably the result of DS since seeds DS a further 1 y were dead
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Stachys p. 79. 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 High Rated by us, not by the source.

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

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark

No stated waiting before sowing. Germination time not stated; 21 days assumed.

11% germination.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1996 · 1st Supplement, Stachys p. 79Public domain
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Stachys (Lamiaceae). S. alpina germ. 70D(1/9), 70L(2/10), OT(1/11 in March), and 40(none). The low germinations are probably the result of DS since seeds DS a further 1 y were dead
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Stachys p. 79. 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 3

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1996

Difficulty Very high Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Sow outdoors and leave it

    Up in March.

No stated waiting before sowing.

9% germination.

This source doesn't state how long step 1 lasts.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1996 · 1st Supplement, Stachys p. 79Public domain
Show the original text
Stachys (Lamiaceae). S. alpina germ. 70D(1/9), 70L(2/10), OT(1/11 in March), and 40(none). The low germinations are probably the result of DS since seeds DS a further 1 y were dead
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Stachys p. 79. 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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