Family | GERANIACEAE |
Genus species | Geranium himalayense Klotzsch |
Bibliography | Bot. Ergebn. Reise Waldemar: 122 (1862) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Afghanistan and Nepal |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2500-4400m |
Description | stoloniferous, leaves 10-20cm wide, with 5-7 triangular segments, pinnate to dentate lobes, inflorescence branched, flowers to 5cm across, with white eye |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | deep blue, whitish |
Bloom | 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 collinum var. alpinum Regel Geranium grandiflorum Edgew. Geranium grandiflorum var. alpinum (Regel) R.Knuth Geranium regelii Nevski |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |