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Article: Age of Maturity and Life Span in Herbaceous, Polycarpic Perennials.
- Article from:
- The Botanical Review
- Article date:
- July 1, 2000
- Author:
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MARTIN H. BENDER [1,2]
JERRY M. BASKIN [1]
CAROL C. BASKIN [1,3]
I. Abstract
A review of age of maturity in herbaceous, polycarpic perennials found that the most common year of earliest maturity for wild and cultivated conditions was the second year of life, followed by the first year and then the third year. A comparison of age of maturity in wild and cultivated conditions for individual taxa confirmed the assumption that perennials generally do not mature sooner in the wild than in cultivation. This validated use of the pattern for maturity in cultivation (second year or later) against which to judge that for maturity in the wild. ...
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