Biology:Geranium himalayense
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
Geranium himalayense | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Geraniales |
Family: | Geraniaceae |
Genus: | Geranium |
Species: | G. himalayense
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Binomial name | |
Geranium himalayense Klotzsch
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Geranium himalayense (common names Himalayan crane's-bill[1] or lilac cranesbill) is a species of hardy flowering herbaceous perennial plant in the genus Geranium, family Geraniaceae.[2] It is native to West Himalaya, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Tibet, and Uzbekistan.[3]
It has a sprawling habit, violet-blue flowers and deeply cut palmate foliage.[4] It grows in alpine and subalpine meadows.[5]
References
- ↑ (xls) BSBI List 2007, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, https://bsbi.org/download/3542/, retrieved 2014-10-17
- ↑ {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Geranium himalayense | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 27 July 2013 }}
- ↑ "Geranium himalayense Klotzsch | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:373138-1.
- ↑ Phillips, Ellen; Colston Burrell, C. (1993), Rodale's illustrated encyclopedia of perennials, Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale Press, pp. 373–76, ISBN 0-87596-570-9
- ↑ "Geranium himalayense in Flora of China @ efloras.org". http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242323250.
Wikidata ☰ Q1411569 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geranium himalayense.
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