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Heteranthera (dubia)

Carol and Jerry Baskin
Professors
University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0225
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Family Scientific Name: Ponteridaceae
Family Common Name: Pickerel Weed Family
Scientific Name: Heteranthera dubia (Jacq.) MacM.
Common Name: Grass leaf mud plantain.
Species Code: HETDUB
Propagation Goal: plants
Propagation Method: seed
ProductType: Container (plug)
Time To Grow: 0
Propagule Processing: Seed dormancy is physiological dormancy.
Pre-Planting Treatments: Seeds were cold stratified for 150 d. Seeds germinate at 30 C in the presence of light.
References: Baskin C.C. and Baskin J.M. Seeds: Ecology, Biogeography, and Evolution of Dormancy and Germination, Academic Press, 1998. 666p.
Muenscher 1936.Storage and Germination of Seeds of Aquatic Plants. Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 652.
Marler 1969.A study of the germination process of Heteranthera limosa. Phd. dissertation. Lousiana State University. Baton rogue. Marler 1969.

Citation:

Baskin, Carol C.. 2003. Propagation protocol for production of Container (plug) Heteranthera dubia (Jacq.) MacM. 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.