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Lophospermum purpusii

Family PlantaginaceaeGenus Lophospermum

Also published as Asarina purpusii. You are in the right place.

Botanical plate: a climbing stem with heart-shaped toothed leaves and rose-red trumpet flowers, with flower parts drawn beside
IllustrationOriginal: M.S. del., J.N.Fitch lith.Derivative: Peter CoxheadCC BY 3.0

About the plant

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

Native range
Mexico Central, Mexico SouthwestGBIF Backbone Taxonomy

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, 1998

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

  1. Dry storage

    Duration: 1460 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C

  2. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark

about 4 years from start to sowing. Then 14 days to germinate.

7% germination in 14 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement — N. C. Deno, 1998 · 2nd Supplement, Asarina p. 15Public domain
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Asarina (Scrophulariaceae). A. purpusii DS 4 y germ. 70D(7% in 2nd w). The low percent germination suggests that much dying had occurred in the 4 y DS.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd Supplement, 2nd Supplement, Asarina p. 15. 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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