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Geranium is a genus of 422 species of annual, biennial, and perennial plants that are commonly known as 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 .
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.
Geraniaceae is a family of flowering plants placed in the order Geraniales.The family name is derived from the genus Geranium.The family includes both the genus Geranium (the cranesbills, or true geraniums) and the garden plants called geraniums, which modern botany classifies as genus Pelargonium, along with other related genera.
Geranium palmatum, falsely called Canary Island geranium, is a species of flowering plant in the family Geraniaceae, native to the island of Madeira.Growing in a rosette 1.5 m (4.9 ft) tall by 1 m (3.3 ft) broad, it is an evergreen perennial with divided palmate leaves and pink flowers 4 cm (1.6 in) in diameter on long red stems.
Geranium carolinianum is a species of geranium known by the common name Carolina crane's-bill, [3] or Carolina geranium. [4] This species is native to North America, where it is widespread and grows in many types of habitat. There are two varieties; Geranium carolinianum var. carolinianum and the Geranium carolinianum var. sphaerospermum.
Geranium cuneatum, or silver geranium, is a medium alpine shrub endemic to the islands of Hawai'i and Maui, where it grows in high elevation shrubland near or above the treeline. Like other geraniums native to Hawai'i, it is known as hinahina in Hawaiian .
Geranium erianthum, the woolly geranium, is a flowering plant found in China, Japan, Russia, North America and England. [1] Within its range, it is often known as "wild geranium" or "cranesbill", but note that these common names are also used for several other species within the genus Geranium .
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