Geranium pyrenaicumBurm.f. Mointain Cranesbill

Geranium pyrenaicumBurm.f. - Mointain Cranesbill

Scientific Description:

Tap-rooted perennial, 15−50 cm. Stems bearing short glandular hairs and often patent long eglandular hairs. Basal leaves palmatifid to 2/3; segments cuneate, truncate, shortly 2−3-fid at the apex into crenate lobules. Pedicels glandular-puberulent, deflexed in fruit. Sepals ovate-oblong, 4.5−5 mm, ± glandular-puberulent and often pilose towards the margin; awn 0.1−0.3 mm. Petals deeply emarginate, 8−10(−11) mm, lilac or rarely white. Mericarps not wrinkled, adpressed-pubescent. Seeds smooth.

 

Flowering time: May−July.

Habitat: Woods, meadows, banks, rocky slopes, streams, 50−2400 m.

 

Reference:

Davis PH (1967). Geranium pyrenaicum Burm., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2: 470–471.

Public Description:

Geranium pyrenaicum, known as “mountain cranesbill”, is distributed in Europe, Nortwest Africa, Caucasica and North Iran. It is a herbaceous perennial plant with lilac or rarely white color flowers, up to 50 cm in length. It blooms between May and July and is found in woods, meadows, banks, rocky slopes and streams.

 

References:

Anonymous (2016). http://www.tubives.com/index.php?sayfa=1&tax_id=2237, Accessed date: 13.02.2016.

Ekim T (2012). Geranium L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 517–520.