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Geranium (bicknellii)

Carol and Jerry Baskin
Professors
University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0225
seedlings.uidaho.com

Family Scientific Name: Geraniaceae
Family Common Name: Geranium family
Scientific Name: Geranium bicknellii Britt.
Common Name: Bicknell's geranium
Species Code: GERBIC
General Distribution: G. bicknelli is found from British Columbia to Newfoundland south to the northeastern United States and Washington, Idaho, Montana and Utah in the west.
Propagation Goal: plants
Propagation Method: seed
ProductType: Container (plug)
Time To Grow: 0
Propagule Processing: Seeds exhibit physical dormancy.
Pre-Planting Treatments: Germination occurs at 20 C.
References: Granstrom, A and Schimmel, J. (1993). Heat effects on seeds and rhizomes of a selection of boreal forest plants and potential reaction to fire. Oceologia 94, 307-313.
Table 10.31 In: Baskin, C.J. and Baskin, J.M. Seeds: Ecology, Biogeography and Evolution in Dormancy and Germination, Academic Press, 1998. Chapter 10: A Geographical Perspective on Germination Ecology: Temperate and Arctic Zones, pages 331 to 458.

Citation:

Baskin, Jerry M.; Baskin, Carol C.. 2002. Propagation protocol for production of Container (plug) Geranium bicknellii Britt. plants University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky. In: Native Plant Network. URL: https://NativePlantNetwork.org (accessed 2024/04/20). US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Center for Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetic Resources.