Family | GERANIACEAE |
Genus species | Geranium shikokianum Matsum. |
Bibliography | Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 15: 123 (1901) |
Native Range | c. & s. Japan, Korea |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Description | leaves 5-10cm long, pinnate to 5-7 lobes, each more or less sharply dentate, flowers to 3cm across, broadly infundibuliform, with broad white centre and purple veins |
Size | 20-40cm |
Color | pink, pinkish purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Geranium kai-montanum Honda Geranium shikokianum var. kai-montanum (Honda) Honda Geranium shikokianum f. plenum Himaya Geranium shikokianum var. quelpaertense Nakai Geranium shikokianum var. yamatense H.Hara Geranium shikokianum var. yoshiianum (Koidz.) H.Hara Geranium yoshiianum Koidz. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan, KOR Korea) |