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Myosotis (asiatica)

Carol and Jerry Baskin
Professors
University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0225
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Family Scientific Name: Boraginaceae
Family Common Name: Forget-me-not family
Scientific Name: Myosotis asiatica Schischkin & Sergievskaja
Common Synonym: Myosotis sylvatica F.W.Schmidt.) Hoch alpestris
Common Name: Alpine forget-me-not
Species Code: MYOASI
General Distribution: M. asiatica is a circumboreal species occuring in the arctic and mountain regions of North America.
Propagation Goal: plants
Propagation Method: seed
ProductType: Container (plug)
Time To Grow: 0
Propagule Processing: Seeds are non dormant.
Pre-Planting Treatments: Germination occurs at 20D/10N alternating temperature cycles.
References: Weilenmann, K. (1981). Importance of germination and first developmental phases of alpine taxa from various habitats. Ber. Beobot. Inst. ETH, Stiftung Rubel 48, 68-119. (In German with English summary).
Table 10.33 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) Myosotis asiatica Schischkin & Sergievskaja plants University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky. In: Native Plant Network. URL: https://NativePlantNetwork.org (accessed 2024/07/24). US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Center for Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetic Resources.