| Family | GERANIACEAE |
| Genus species | Geranium tuberosum L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 680 (1753) |
| Native Range | wc. Medit. to Iran and s. Turkmenistan |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | leaves 3cm, pinnate to midrib into seven, finely pinnate segments, flowers ca. 6cm across, in head, intensely striate, style crimson, anthers blue-black |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | purple, white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuberous perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division of resting tubers |
| Synonyms | Geranium radicatum M.Bieb. Geranium stepporum P.H.Davis Geranium tuberosum f. angustilobum Woronow Geranium tuberosum ssp. deserti-syriacum P.H.Davis Geranium tuberosum var. incisodentatum Woronow Geranium tuberosum var. linearifolium Boiss. Geranium tuberosum ssp. linearifolium (Boiss.) P.H.Davis Geranium tuberosum ssp. micranthum Schönb.-Tem. Geranium tuberosum var. pinnatifidum Woronow Geranium tuberosum var. radicatum Kuntze Geranium tuberosum var. ramosum Lindl. Geranium tuberosum var. sefidianum Pau |
| Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SAR Sardegna) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, KRI Kriti, ROM Romania, SIC Sicilia, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (KRY Krym, RUS South European Russia) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, LBY Libya, TUN Tunisia) 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan) 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (CYP Cyprus, IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai, TUR Turkey) |