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Zygophyllum atriplicoides

Orache-leaved Bean-caper

Family ZygophyllaceaeGenus Zygophyllum

A twiggy shrub of small gray-green leaves with a few yellow flowers, on an eroded hillside of pale banded rock.
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About the plant

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

Habit
shrubPlants of the World Online
Flower
Creamy whiteFlora of Pakistan
Native range
Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Kirgizstan, Lebanon-Syria, Pakistan 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; Flora of Pakistan — S. I. Ali and M. Qaiser (eds.); 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 21 days to germinate.

100% germination in 7–21 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1996 · 1st Supplement, Zygophyllum p. 87Public domain
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Zygophyllum (Zygophyllaceae). Z. atriplicoides germ. 70 GA-3(9/9 in 1-3 w), 70D(2n on 4th d), and 40-70D{6/11 on 10th d).
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 1st Supplement, 1st Supplement, Zygophyllum p. 87. 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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