Family | GERANIACEAE |
Genus species | Geranium sophiae Fed. |
Bibliography | Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 33: 28 (1948) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Description | leaves mainly basal, long thinly petiolate, orbiculate, densely appresed hirsute, palmatipinnate, segments 5-7, pinnatifid, sepals lanceolate, petals 25mm long, retuse |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | rose, purple |
Bloom | 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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, UZB Uzbekistan) |