Family | GERANIACEAE |
Genus species | Geranium donianum Sweet |
Bibliography | Geraniaceae 4: t. 338 (1827) |
Native Range | w. & c. China to c. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2500-5000m |
Description | leaves opposite, petiolate, 13-19mm, palmatisect, segments 5, rhombic, in upper part 3-5-lobate, flowers of two, calyx appressed hirsute, petals 15-17mm long, rounded |
Size | 9-16cm |
Color | deep purplish |
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 forrestii Stapf Geranium multifidum D.Don Geranium stapfianum Hand.-Mazz. Geranium stenorrhizum Stapf |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |