Family | GERANIACEAE |
Genus species | Geranium pylzowianum Maxim. |
Bibliography | Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, sér. 3, 26: 452 (1880) |
Native Range | c. & n. China to e. Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2500-5000m |
Description | stoloniferous, leaves to 5cm wide, deeply pinnate into narrow segments with few teeth, flowers flat, ca. 25mm across, finely striate |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Geranium orientali-tibeticum R.Knuth Geranium pylzowianum var. alpinum Farrer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) |