Deno’s Garden

Aciphylla verticillata

Family ApiaceaeGenus Aciphylla

Also published as Aciphylla hectori. You are in the right place.

Dark seedheads held on stout stems above spiny whorled leaves
FruitJohn BarklaCC BY 4.0

About the plant

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

Native range
New Zealand

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

Source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

This source reports two treatments. Both are shown.

Protocol 1

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty Moderate Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around March 8, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Gibberellic acid soak

  2. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 28 days to germinate.

33% germination in 28 days.

GA-3 is a requirement, not an improvement. The samples were small, but nothing at all germinated without it.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Aciphylla p. 86Public domain
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Aciphylla (Apiaceae). The three species studied require GA-3 for germination. With GA-3 at 70 germination was 3/3 in 3rd w for A. aurea, 2/3 in 3rd w for A. dobsonii, and 1/3 in 4th w for A. hectori. None germ. in the controls.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Aciphylla p. 86. 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.

Protocol 2

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C

No stated waiting before sowing.

0% germination.

Nothing germinated without GA-3.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Aciphylla p. 86Public domain
Show the original text
Aciphylla (Apiaceae). The three species studied require GA-3 for germination. None germ. in the controls.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Aciphylla p. 86. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record; the step names come from a fixed list.