Protocol Information

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

Family Scientific Name:	Liliaceae
Family Common Name:	Lily family
Scientific Name:	Erythronium rostratum W. Wolf
Common Name:	Yellow trout lily
Species Code:	ERYROS
General Distribution:	E. rostratum is found within temperate deciduous forests of North America.
Propagation Goal:	Plants
Propagation Method:	Seed
Product Type:	Container (plug)
Propagule Processing:	Seeds exhibit morpho- physiological dormancy.
Pre-Planting Treatments:	Seeds are warm and cold stratified and germinate at 15/6 C.
References:	Baskin, J. M. and Baskin, C. C. (1985b). Seed germination ecophysiology of the woodland spring geophyte Erythronium albidum. Bot. Gaz. 146, 130-136. In: Baskin, C. and Baskin, J. Table 10.18 Chapter 10 In: Seeds: Ecology, Biogeography and Evolution of Dormancy and Germination. Academic Press, 1998. 666 pages.

Citation:

Baskin, Carol C.; Baskin, Jerry M. 2002. Propagation protocol for production of container Erythronium rostratum W. Wolf 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.