| Family | GERANIACEAE |
| Genus species | Geranium core-core Steud. |
| Bibliography | Flora 39: 438 (1856) |
| Native Range | Ecuador to s. South America |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 600-3000m |
| Description | sparsely hirsute, leaves 15mm long, palmatipartite, segments tripartite, pedicels one-flowered, sepals setose, lanceolate, petals obtuse, emarginate |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | rose |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Geranium argentinum R.Knuth Geranium commutatum Steud. Geranium commutatum var. ochsenii (Phil.) Reiche Geranium herrerae R.Knuth Geranium melanopotamicum Speg. Geranium moorei Phil. Geranium ochsenii Phil. Geranium rapulum St.-Hill. & Naudin Geranium squamosum Phil. Geranium subsericeum R.Knuth. |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) 84 Brazil (BZE Brazil Northeast, BZS Brazil South) 85 Southern South America (AGE Argentina Northeast, AGS Argentina South, AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central, CLN Chile North, CLS Chile South, JNF Juan Fernández Is.) |