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]
| Geranium himalayense | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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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It has a sprawling habit, violet-blue flowers and deeply cut palmate foliage.[4] It grows in alpine and subalpine meadows.[5]
References
edit- ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ "Geranium himalayense". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
- ^ "Geranium himalayense Klotzsch | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
- ^ 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". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
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