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Geranium
Geranium is a genus of 422 species of annual, biennial, and perennial plants that are commonly known as geraniums, hardy geraniums, or cranesbills. They are found throughout the temperate regions of the world and the mountains of the tropics, with the greatest diversity in the eastern part of the Mediterranean region.
The palmately cleft leaves are broadly circular in form. The flowers have five petals and are coloured white, pink, purple, or blue, often with distinctive veining. Geraniums will grow in any soil as long as it is not waterlogged. Propagation is by semiripe cuttings in summer, by seed, or by division in autumn or spring.
11 branches of this group, most-observed first
Section Geranium
sectionGeranium
Dissecta
sectionDissecta
Chilensia
sectionChilensia
Andina
sectionAndina
Tuberosa
sectionTuberosa
Neoandina
sectionNeoandina
Neurophyllodes
sectionNeurophyllodes
Gracilia
sectionGracilia
Diffusa
sectionDiffusa
Paramensia
sectionParamensia
Azorelloida
sectionAzorelloida
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.380
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.506
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.512
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.510
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.382
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.240
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.421
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 5 (1686)
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.43
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.505
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.507
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.509
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.514
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 964896.