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Thalictrum lucidum

Meadow-rue · Shining Meadow-rue

Family RanunculaceaeGenus Thalictrum

A fluffy pale yellow flower cluster on a tall stem among long 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
Pale yellowRead from the photograph on this page
Native range
Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Bulgaria, Central European Russia 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.

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1996

Difficulty Low Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Gibberellic acid soak

  2. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 14 days to germinate.

100% germination in 14 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1996 · 1st Supplement, Thalictrum p. 81Public domain
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Thalictrum (Ranunculaceae). Most of the species in this genus have a GA-3 requirement for germination and most die quickly in DS. T. lucidum germ. 70 GA-3(100% in 2nd w) and 70(none). Seeds DS 1 y were dead.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Thalictrum p. 81. 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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