Deno’s Garden

Inula rhizocephala

Family AsteraceaeGenus Inula

Yellow flowerheads packed into the centre of a flat rosette of grey-green leaves
FlowerGhislain118 (AD) http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.netCC BY-SA 3.0

About the plant

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

Native range
Afghanistan, Altay, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kirgizistan, Middle Asia and elsewhere

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.

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty Low Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 6 days to germinate.

100% germination in 5–6 days.

Fresh seed or six months' dry storage at 70 -- it made no difference.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, InulaPublic domain
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lnula (Asteraceae). All appear to be D-70 germinators. I. rhizocephala germ. 70(100% in 5-6 d) using -fresh seed or seed DS 6 m at 70.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Inula. 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.