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Osmorhiza (chilensis)

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

Family Scientific Name: Apiaceae
Family Common Name: Carrot family
Scientific Name: Osmorhiza chilensis H.&A.
Common Name: Mountain sweet cicely
Species Code: OSMCHI
General Distribution: O. chilensis is a widespread cordilleran species and is also found in northeastern North America; also South America.
Propagation Goal: plants
Propagation Method: seed
ProductType: Container (plug)
Time To Grow: 0
Propagule Processing: Seeds exhibit morpho-physiological dormancy.
Pre-Planting Treatments: Seeds are placed in cold moist stratification for 140 days.
Germination occurs at 5D/1N C alternating temperature cycle.
References: Baskin, C. C., Meyer, S. E. and Baskin, J. M. (1995). Two types of morphophysiological dormancy in seeds of two genera (Osmorhiza and Erythronium) with an Arcto-Tertiary distribution pattern. Amer. J. Bot. 82, 293-298.
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) Osmorhiza chilensis H.&A. plants University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky. In: Native Plant Network. URL: https://NativePlantNetwork.org (accessed 2024/07/02). US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Center for Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetic Resources.