Family | GERANIACEAE |
Genus species | Geranium subcaulescens L‘Hér. ex DC. |
Bibliography | Prodr. 1: 640 (1824) |
Native Range | Balkan Peninsula |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 1200-2500m |
Description | basal leaves 1-3cm, palmatipartite, pilose, segments 5-7, riangular, 3-5-lobate, stem leaves absent, flowers of two, petals 12-14mm, with basal, deep purple spot |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Geranium argenteum Bory & Chaub. Geranium cinereum ssp. macedonicum Micevski Geranium cinereum var. rupestris Micevski Geranium cinereum ssp. subcaulescens (L‘Hér. ex DC.) Hayek Geranium humbertii Beauverd Geranium subcaulescens var. major Hausskn. Geranium subcaulescens var. minor Hausskn. |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, GRC Greece, YUG Yugoslavia) |