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Section Geranium
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.
60 branches of this group, most-observed first
Meadow Crane's-bill
speciesGeranium pratense
Carolina crane's-bill
speciesGeranium carolinianum
wood crane's-bill
speciesGeranium sylvaticum
Bloody Crane's-bill
speciesGeranium sanguineum
sticky geranium
speciesGeranium viscosissimum
Richardson's geranium
speciesGeranium richardsonii
Roundleaf geranium
speciesGeranium rotundifolium
pinewoods geranium
speciesGeranium caespitosum
Marsh Crane's-bill
speciesGeranium palustre
Long-stalked Crane's-bill
speciesGeranium columbinum
woolly cranesbill
speciesGeranium erianthum
Druce's Crane's-bill
hybridGeranium × oxonianum
Northern Cranesbill
speciesGeranium bicknellii
carpet crane's-bill
speciesGeranium incanum
Seemann's geranium
speciesGeranium seemannii
Hill Geranium
speciesGeranium collinum
French Crane's-bill
speciesGeranium endressii
Wlassov's cranesbill
speciesGeranium wlassovianum
Pencilled Crane's-bill
speciesGeranium versicolor
Geranium asiaticum
speciesGeranium asiaticum
Geranium krylovii
speciesGeranium krylovii
California geranium
speciesGeranium californicum
White Cranesbill
speciesGeranium wakkerstroomianum
Himalayan Crane's-bill
speciesGeranium himalayense
Geranium atlanticum
speciesGeranium atlanticum
Geranium flanaganii
speciesGeranium flanaganii
Geranium albiflorum
speciesGeranium albiflorum
Geranium krameri
speciesGeranium krameri
Geranium arabicum
speciesGeranium arabicum
Geranium chilloense
speciesGeranium chilloense
Geranium bellum
speciesGeranium bellum
Lesotho Cranesbill
speciesGeranium brycei
Southeastern Cranesbill
speciesGeranium afrum
Drakensberg cranesbill
speciesGeranium drakensbergense
Geranium caeruleatum
speciesGeranium caeruleatum
Geranium rosthornii
speciesGeranium rosthornii
Geranium yunnanense
speciesGeranium yunnanense
Nyasaland Cranesbill
speciesGeranium nyassense
Geranium kilimandscharicum
speciesGeranium kilimandscharicum
Geranium alpicola
speciesGeranium alpicola
Amatole Cranesbill
speciesGeranium amatolicum
Geranium canescens
speciesGeranium canescens
Geranium baurianum
speciesGeranium baurianum
Geranium campanulatum
speciesGeranium campanulatum
Geranium affine
speciesGeranium affine
Geranium andicola
speciesGeranium andicola
Geranium andringitrense
speciesGeranium andringitrense
Geranium franchetii
speciesGeranium franchetii
Geranium baschkyzylsaicum
speciesGeranium baschkyzylsaicum
Geranium clarkei
speciesGeranium clarkei
Geranium sparsiflorum
speciesGeranium sparsiflorum
Geranium ayacuchense
speciesGeranium ayacuchense
Geranium christensenianum
speciesGeranium christensenianum
Geranium soratae
speciesGeranium soratae
Geranium angustipetalum
speciesGeranium angustipetalum
Geranium charucanum
speciesGeranium charucanum
Geranium hintonii
speciesGeranium hintonii
Geranium unguiculatum
speciesGeranium unguiculatum
Geranium ardjunense
speciesGeranium ardjunense
Geranium castroviejoi
speciesGeranium castroviejoi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 964919.