| Family | GERANIACEAE |
| Genus species | Geranium polyanthes Edgew. & Hook.f. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 1: 431 (1874) |
| Native Range | sc. China to Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and scree |
| Altitude | 2900-4500m |
| Description | leaves orbiculate, ca. 7cm wide, pinnate to 7-9 segments, which are shallowly lobate and dentate, glabrous, shiny, flowers ca. 2cm across in compact cluster |
| Size | 10-60cm |
| Color | pinkish |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly 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 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam, EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |