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Gagea serotina

Alpine Lily · Common Alp Lily

Family LiliaceaeGenus Gagea

Also published as Lloydia serotina. You are in the right place.

Protocol

DerivedSER, INSR and RBG Kew, 2026

Difficulty High Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Cold moist stratification

    Duration: 380 daysTemperature: 50°F 10°C Light: eitherMedium: 1% agar

    12 hours light, 12 dark.

about 12 months from start to sowing. Then 380 days to germinate.

86% germination in 380 days.

Over a year at 10C. SID holds one record for this species.

Seed Information Database — SER, INSR and RBG Kew, 2026 · Germination records, ser-sid.orgCreative Commons Attribution — reused with credit
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Gagea serotina · 86% germination · sample size 50 · 1% agar · 12/12 light hours · 10°C · 380 days · Slovakia
Seed Information Database, Germination records, ser-sid.org. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record, except the difficulty rating, which is ours; the step names come from a fixed list.