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Geranium himalayense

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Species of flowering plant

Geranium himalayense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Geraniales
Family: Geraniaceae
Genus: Geranium
Species: G. himalayense
Binomial name
Geranium himalayense
Klotzsch

Geranium himalayense (common names Himalayan crane's-bill or lilac cranesbill) is a species of hardy flowering herbaceous perennial plant in the genus Geranium, family Geraniaceae. It is native to West Himalaya, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Tibet, and Uzbekistan.

It has a sprawling habit, violet-blue flowers and deeply cut palmate foliage. It grows in alpine and subalpine meadows.

References

  1. BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  2. "Geranium himalayense". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  3. "Geranium himalayense Klotzsch | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  4. Phillips, Ellen; Colston Burrell, C. (1993), Rodale's illustrated encyclopedia of perennials, Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale Press, pp. 373–76, ISBN 0-87596-570-9
  5. "Geranium himalayense in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2022-07-03.

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Taxon identifiers
Geranium himalayense


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