| Family | GERANIACEAE |
| Genus species | Erodium alpinum (Burm.f.) L‘Hér. |
| Bibliography | Geraniologia: t. 3 (1792) |
| Native Range | c. Italy |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | caulescent, leaves to 12cm long, oblong-lanceolate, bipinnate, with intercalary leaflets, glabrous, segments acute, flowers 2-9, petals 10-14mm, evariegate, dark striate |
| Size | 20-40cm |
| Color | crimson |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Erodium anthemidifolium Ten. Erodium apenninum Ten. Erodium petraeum Ten. ex Nyman Geranium alpinum Burm.f. Myrrhina alpina (Burm.f.) Rupr. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy) |