Protocol Information

Carol and Jerry Baskin
Professors
University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0225

Family Scientific Name:	Asteraceae
Family Common Name:	Sunflower family
Scientific Name:	Echinacea tennesseensis (Beadle) Small
Common Synonym:	Echinacea angustifolia tennesseensis
Common Name:	Tennessee purple coneflower
Species Code:	ECHTEN
General Distribution:	E. tennesseensis is an endemic to Tennessee; growing in limestone soils in cedar glade habitat.
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. Germination occurs at 20D/10N C alternating temperature cycle. Germination was greater in light than dark.
References:	Baskin, C. C., Baskin, J. M. and Leck, M. A. (1993c). Afterripening pattern during cold stratification of achenes of ten perennial Asteraceae from eastern North America, and evolutionary implication. Plant Species Biol. 8, 61-65. Table 10.20 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 Echinacea tennesseensis (Beadle) Small 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.