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Verbena macdougalii

MacDougal Verbena · Macdougal's Vervain · New Mexico Vervain

Family VerbenaceaeGenus Verbena

A thick bristly spike with a band of violet flowers open around it, on a hairy stem with toothed leaves.
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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
Habit
Perennial, Forb/herbPLANTS Database
Flower
Blue, purpleWikipedia
Native range
Arizona, Colorado, Mexico Northwest, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas 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; Wikipedia — Wikipedia contributors; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Worth knowing

  • MacDougal verbena is the most common tall verbena in New Mexico, found in mountains across the state at 5,900 to 9,000 feet. Wikipedia: Verbena macdougalii

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1996

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark

No stated waiting before sowing.

0% germination.

Nothing germinated at 70.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1996 · 1st Supplement, Verbena p. 85Public domain
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Verbena (Verbenaceae). V. macdouglii germ. 45% in 2nd w in either 70L or 70 GA-3 and none in 70D or 40. A prior 3 m in 70D was fatal, and a prior 3 m in 40 reduoed percent germination to 10%. After 1 y and 2 y DS light was still required, but germination was reduced to 33% and 20% respectively.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Verbena p. 85. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record; 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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