| Family | GERANIACEAE |
| Genus species | Geranium platyanthum Duthie |
| Bibliography | Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 39: 52 (1906) |
| Native Range | s. Siberia to China and Korea |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 1000-3800m |
| Description | basal leaves 5-12cm wide, pinnate nearly to one-half to 5-7 broad segments, each shallowly pinnate and dentate, finely corrugate, flowers ca. 3cm across |
| Size | 30-70cm |
| Color | purplish, white |
| Bloom | late spring, 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 eriostemon Fisch. ex DC. Geranium eriostemon var. hypoleucum Nakai Geranium eriostemon f. hypoleucum (Nakai) Y.C.Zhu Geranium eriostemon var. megalanthum Nakai Geranium eriostemon f. megalanthum (Nakai) Y.C.Zhu |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KHA Khabarovsk, PRM Primorye) 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHI Inner Mongolia, CHM Manchuria, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai) 37 Mongolia 38 Eastern Asia (KOR Korea) |