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Thalictrum minus

Lesser Meadow-rue · Small Meadowrue

Family RanunculaceaeGenus Thalictrum

Loose, airy sprays of tiny pale yellow-green flowers on fine stems against a dark woodland background
FlowerTatiana StrusCC BY 4.0
A hand-colored plate of a branching stem with small rounded leaflets and loose sprays of tiny green-yellow flowers, with a flower and seed enlarged below.
IllustrationM. Jaume Saint-Hilaire (1772-1845)Public domain

About the plant

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

Habit
perennialPlants of the World Online
Habit
Perennial, Forb/herbPLANTS Database
Flower
Yellowish greenFlora of North America
Native range
Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay 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; PLANTS Database — USDA NRCS; Flora of North America — Flora of North America Editorial Committee; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1996

Difficulty High 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.

14% 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. minus germ. 70 GA-3(14% 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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