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Pelargonium flower. Pelargonium (/ ˌ p ɛ l ɑːr ˈ ɡ oʊ n i. ə m /) [5] is a genus of flowering plants that includes about 280 species of perennials, succulents, and shrubs, [4] commonly called geraniums, pelargoniums, or storksbills.
The specific epithet hortorum is a genitive plural form of the Latin "hortus" ("garden") and therefore corresponds to "horticultural".The name was created by the American botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey who in 1914, writes "The large number of forms of the common geranium, derives from the variation and probably the crossing of P. zonale and P. inquinans (and possibly others) during more than a ...
Geranium caespitosum, the purple cluster geranium or pineywoods geranium, is a perennial herb native to the western United States and northern Mexico. Its US distribution includes Arizona , Colorado , Nevada , New Mexico , Texas , Utah , and Wyoming .
Geranium macrorrhizum – rock cranesbill, bigroot geranium, Bulgarian geranium, zdravetz; Geranium macrostylum; Geranium maculatum – spotted geranium, wild geranium, wood geranium, spotted cranesbill, wild cranesbill, alum bloom, alum root, old maid's nightcap; Geranium maderense – Madeira cranesbill, giant herb-robert
The seeds remain dormant while buried in the forest floor, sometimes for centuries, until a fire removes the organic litter and exposes the seeds to sunlight. The geraniums will germinate, bloom, and set seed profusely for several years after the fire, until other plants grow large enough to shade them out.
It is a perennial herbaceous plant growing to 60 cm (2 ft) tall, producing upright, usually unbranched stems and flowers in spring to early summer. The leaves are palmately lobed with five or seven deeply cut lobes, 10–12.5 cm (4–5 in) broad, with a petiole up to 30 cm (12 in) long arising from the rootstock .
Geranium psilostemon, commonly called Armenian cranesbill, is a species of hardy flowering herbaceous perennial plant in the genus Geranium, family Geraniaceae. [1] It is native to Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the Russian Federation. Forming a large clump to 120 cm (47 in) tall, it has glowing reddish purple colored flowers with prominent ...
Geranium maderense, known as giant herb-Robert [2] or the Madeira cranesbill, is a species of flowering plant in the family Geraniaceae, native to the island of Madeira. It is sometimes confused with another Madeira endemic, Geranium palmatum .