| Family | GERANIACEAE |
| Genus species | Geranium sanguineum L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 683 (1753) |
| Native Range | Europe to w. Siberia and Caucasus |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| Altitude | 50-2100m |
| Description | basal leaves 2-6cm, palmatipartite, appressed hirsute, segments 5-7, rhombic, trilobate, stem leaves opposite, flowers solitary, petals 15-18mm long, emarginate |
| Size | 15-60cm |
| Color | brilliant purplish red |
| 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 grandiflorum Gilib. Geranium lancastriense Mill. Geranium prostratum Cav. Geranium sanguineiforme Rouy & Fouc. Geranium sanguineum var. album Jekyll & E.T.Cook Geranium sanguineum var. angustilobum Sennen Geranium sanguineum var. biflorum Rozeira Geranium sanguineum var. elatus Lej. Geranium sanguineum var. erectum Weston Geranium sanguineum f. grandiflorum Font Quer Geranium sanguineum var. incisum Weston Geranium sanguineum var. lancastriense (Mill.) Gray Geranium sanguineum var. majus Gray Geranium sanguineum var. prostratum (Cav.) Willd. Geranium sanguineum var. sanguineforme Rouy Geranium sanguineum ssp. sanguineforme (Rouy) P.Fourn. Geranium sanguineum var. striatum Weston Geranium sanguineum f. villosum Pamp. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (DEN Denmark, FIN Finland, GRB Great Britain, IRE Ireland, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, BGM Belgium, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, POR Portugal, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, SIC Sicilia, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (BLR Belarus, BLT Baltic States, KRY Krym, RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUS South European Russia, RUW Northwest European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (WSB West Siberia) 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |
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