Deno’s Garden

Abronia fragrans

Snowball Sand Verbena · Sweet Sand Verbena · Fragrant White Sand Verbena · Prairie Snowball

Family NyctaginaceaeGenus Abronia

A dense rounded head of small white trumpet flowers
FlowerUnknownPublic domain

About the plant

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

Habit
Perennial, Forb/herbPLANTS Database
Native range
North AmericaGBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Native range
Native to the lower 48 statesPLANTS Database

Toxicity is noted only where a source states it. No note here is not a finding of safety.

Sources: PLANTS Database — USDA NRCS; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty Very high Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: either

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 10 days to germinate.

2% germination in 8–10 days.

Deno notes the percentage could not be determined accurately, because the sample held a great deal of chaff and many empty seed coats.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Abronia p. 82Public domain
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A. fragrans germ. 70(2% in 8-10d). Light or a prior 3 m at 40 had no effect. The percent germination could not be accurately determined because of the abundance of chaff and empty seed coats.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Abronia p. 82. 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.