| Family | GERANIACEAE |
| Genus species | Geranium charlesii (Aitch. & Hemsl.) Vved. |
| Bibliography | Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 4: 304 (1937) |
| Native Range | n. Iran to Central Asia and w. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| Description | adpressed grey pubescent, stems numerous, ramose, leaves petiolate, suborbiculate, palmatipinnate, segments narrowly linear, flowers crowded, petals obovate |
| Size | 5-12cm |
| Color | rose |
| Bloom | spring, early 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 kotschyi ssp. charlesii (Aitch. & Hemsl.) P.H.Davis Geranium tuberosum var. charlesii Aitch. & Hemsl. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |