Family | GERANIACEAE |
Genus species | Geranium pyrenaicum Burm.f. |
Synonyms | Geranium crinitum N.Terrac. |
Geranium elbursense Gilli | |
Geranium minae Tineo | |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Altitude | 0-2600m |
Description | basal leaves 3-6cm, in outline orbiculate, palmatifid, appressed hirsute, segments 5-7, rhombic, 7-10-lobate, flowers of two, petals 7-11mm long, emarginate |
Size | 25-40cm |
Color | pinkish purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
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 |
Territory |
Europe
Northern Europe (Great Britain , Ireland ) Middle Europe (Austria , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Hungary , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (Corse , France , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Bulgaria , Greece , Italy , Romania , Sicilia , Turkey-in-Europe , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (Krym , Ukraine ) Africa Northern Africa (Algeria , Morocco , Tunisia ) Asia-Temperate Caucasus (North Caucasus , Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Iran , Lebanon-Syria , Turkey) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | GERANIACEAE
pyrenaicum lusitanicum Samp., Man. Fl. Port. 273 (1911)
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