[Objective] To study the characteristics of seeds dormancy and germination, so as to better understand parasitic growth characteristics of Cynomorium songaricum Rupr.. [Method] Seeds germination was respectively induced by the treatment of physical methods (such as water soaking, changing temperature and stratification) and chemical methods (such as hormone and root extracts of Nitraria tangutorum Bobr.). [Result] Seeds of Cynomorium songaricum Rupr. were smaller, whose matured embryo developed incompletely that lied in spherical pro-embryo stage all the time before and after germination. Dormancy phenomenon was existed in seeds of Cynomorium songaricum Rupr., the germination of which needed a certain stimulating signal from host roots; the root extracts of Nitraria tangutorum Bobr. may stimulate the seeds germination early; exogenous GA3 could break the seeds dormancy; the process of seeds germination was provided with polymorphism. [Conclusion] The study could provide a theoretical basis for improving parasitic rate of artificial propagation of Cynomorium songaricum Rupr.. [Objective] To study the characteristics of seeds dormancy and germination, so as to better understand parasitic growth characteristics of Cynomorium songaricum Rupr .. [Method] Seeds germination was respectively induced by the treatment of physical methods (such as water soaking, changing temperature and stratification) and chemical methods (such as hormone and root extracts of Nitraria tangutorum Bobr.). [Result] Seeds of Cynomorium songaricum Rupr. were smaller, whose matured embryo developed incompletely that lied in spherical pro- embryo stage all the time before and after germination of which needed a certain stimulating signal from host roots; the root extracts of Nitraria tangutorum Bobr. may stimulate the seeds germination early; exogenous GA3 could break the seeds dormancy; the process of seeds germination was provided with polymorphism. [Conclusion] The study could provide a theoretical b asis for improving parasitic rate of artificial propagation of Cynomorium songaricum Rupr.