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Cowania (mexicana)

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

Family Scientific Name: Rosaceae
Family Common Name: Rose family
Scientific Name: Cowania mexicana D. Donn stansburiana Torr.
Common Synonym: Cowania stansburiana Torr.
Common Name: Mexican cliff rose
Species Code: COWMEX
General Distribution: C. mexicana var. stansburiana is found from southern Colorado to southeastern California, south to central Mexico.
Propagation Goal: plants
Propagation Method: seed
ProductType: Container (plug)
Time To Grow: 0
Propagule Processing: Seed dormancy is physiological dormancy.
Pre-Planting Treatments: Seeds are placed in cold moist stratification for 30 days.
Germination occurs at 30D/10N C alternating temperature cycle and at 25 C.
Germination was equal in light and dark.
References: Heit, C. E. (1970). Germinative characteristics and optimum testing methods for twelve western shrub species. Proc. Assoc. Offic. Seed Anal. 60, 197-205.
Sabo, D. G., Johnson, G. V., Martin, W. C. and Aldon, E. F. (1979). Germination requirements of 19 species of arid land plants. USDA For. Serv. Res. Pap. RM-210.
Table 10.39 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) Cowania mexicana D. Donn plants University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky. In: Native Plant Network. URL: https://NativePlantNetwork.org (accessed 2024/07/23). US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Center for Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetic Resources.