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Protocol Information
Carol and Jerry Baskin
Professors
University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0225
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| Family Scientific Name: |
Asclepiadaceae |
| Family Common Name: |
Milkweed family |
| Scientific Name: |
Asclepias ovalifolia Dcne. |
| Common Name: |
Ovalleaf milkweed |
| Species Code: |
ASCOVA |
| General Distribution: |
A. ovalifolia is found from southern Canada to Illinois, Iowa, the Dakotas, and Wyoming in gravelly or clayey soils of prairies. |
| Propagation Goal: |
Plants |
| Propagation Method: |
Seed |
| Product Type: |
Container (plug) |
| Propagule Processing: |
Seeds exhibit physiological dormancy. |
| Pre-Planting Treatments: |
Seeds are placed in cold moist stratification for 120 days.
Germination occurs at 18 to 21 C.
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| References: |
Green, H. C. and Curtis, J. T. (1950). Germination studies of Wisconsin prairie plants. Amer. Midl. Nat. 43, 186-194.
Table 10.22 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, Carol C.; Baskin, Jerry M. 2002. Propagation protocol for production of container Asclepias ovalifolia Dcne. plants; University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. In: Native Plant Network. URL: http://www.nativeplantnetwork.org (accessed 3 September 2010). Moscow (ID): University of Idaho, College of Natural Resources, Forest Research Nursery. |
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