Family | GERANIACEAE |
Genus species | Geranium refractum Edgew. & Hook.f. |
Bibliography | Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 1: 428 (1874) |
Native Range | sc. China to Nepal and n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Altitude | 1800-4500m |
Description | leaves opposite, petiolate, 3-7cm, palmatisect, segments rhombic, in upper part lobate, flowers of two, sepals purple hirsute, petals 1-2cm long, rounded |
Size | 15-45cm |
Color | white, pale pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 |
Synonyms | Geranium angustilobum Z.M.Tan Geranium batangense Pax & K.Hoffm. Geranium melanandrum Franch. Geranium refractoides Pax & K.Hoffm. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |