Family | GERANIACEAE |
Genus species | Geranium fallax Steud. |
Bibliography | Flora 39: 439 (1856) |
Native Range | sc. Peru to n. Argentina |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3000-4500m |
Description | basal leaves orbiculate-reniform, 1-2cm wide, 5-lobate, lobes 3-lobate, ultimate segments rounded, mucronate, strigose, petiolate, peduncles 2-5cm, 2-flowered, petals 5-8 |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | deep rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Geranium bolivianum R.Knuth Geranium fiebrigianum R.Knuth Geranium filipes Killip Geranium fuscicaule R.Knuth Geranium killipianum R.Knuth Geranium titicacaense R.Knuth Geranium totorense R.Knuth |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) 85 Southern South America (AGE Argentina Northeast, AGW Argentina Northwest) |