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Fallugia (paradoxa)

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: Rosa family
Scientific Name: Fallugia paradoxa (D. Donn.) Endl.
Common Name: Apache plume
Species Code: FALPAR
General Distribution: F. paradoxa is found from western Texas and southern Colorado west to California and northern Mexico.
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 25D/16N C alternating temperature cycle and at 20 to 25 C.
Germination was equal in light and dark.
References: 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.
Veit, V. and Van Auken, O. W. (1993). Factors influencing the germination of seeds of Fallugia paradoxa (Rosaceae). Texas J. Sci. 45, 325-333.
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) Fallugia paradoxa (D. Donn.) Endl. plants University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky. In: Native Plant Network. URL: https://NativePlantNetwork.org (accessed 2025/06/14). US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Center for Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetic Resources.