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Veronica fruticans

Rock Speedwell · Woodystem Speedwell

Family PlantaginaceaeGenus Veronica

Two deep blue four-petalled flowers with small white eyes ringed in red, on an upright stem with paired oval leaves.
FlowerJerzy OpiołaCC BY-SA 4.0

About the plant

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

Habit
perennialPlants of the World Online
Habit
Perennial, ShrubPLANTS Database
Flower
BlueRead from the photograph on this page
Native range
Austria, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Finland, 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; PLANTS Database — USDA NRCS; Read from the photograph on this page — Deno's Garden; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Worth knowing

  • Rock speedwell grows in nearly every country in Europe, including the Faroe Islands and Iceland, and in Greenland, in mountains in the south and at lower elevations in colder regions. Wikipedia: Veronica fruticans

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, Veronica p. 85Public domain
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Veronica (Scrophulariaceae). V. fruticans germ. 40-70D{80% in 1 -8 d) and none in 70D or 70L.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Veronica p. 85. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record; the step names come from a fixed list.

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