Family | GERANIACEAE |
Genus species | Geranium kotschyi Boiss. |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 6: 30 (1846) |
Native Range | s. Turkmenistan to nw. Afghanistan and Iran |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | steppes |
Description | adpressed cinereous pubescent, stems numerous, ramose, leaves petiolate, suborbiculate, palmatipinnate, segments linear, flowers umbellate crowded, petals obovate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran) |