Abstract: The effect of soaking Fritillaria przewalskii seeds following after-ripening, and the seed germination characteristics at different temperatures (10, 15, 20, 25, 10/20℃ change), were measured in order to provide a theoretical basis for their artificially domesticated cultivation. The 1000-grain weight ranged from 0.72 to 0.82 g. The seeds completed morphologic after-ripening following storage for 45 d at 20℃ and physiological after-ripening after seeds were mixed with sand (sand∶seed ratio of 4∶1) for 150 d at 5-10℃. The soaking process fitted a Logistic curve, which included sharp soaking, stable soaking and saturated soaking stages. Under dark conditions, the seed germination quality improved with increased temperature and reached an optimum at 15℃ with a germination rate of 90.67% and germination power of 89.33%. However, when the temperature exceeded 15℃, seed germination was significantly reduced and sprout growth was restrained. Temperature was the key condition for seed germination following after-ripening. This suggests that the best time to sow F. przewalskii seeds is under humid and adumbral conditions when the soil temperature is 15℃.