Geranium divaricatum

Spreading Crane's-bill

SPECIES

1. KingdomPlantae
2. PhylumTracheophyta
3. ClassMagnoliopsida
4. OrderGeraniales
5. FamilyGeraniaceae

Observations383

Observations recorded2,119

Annuals. Stem 20-50 cm tall, erect, not rooting at nodes, with 1-3 mm patent nonglandular trichomes and 0.2-0.5 mm patent glandular and nonglandular trichomes. Stipules lanceolate, distinct. Leaves alternate; petiole with 1-2.8 mm patent nonglandular trichomes and 0.2-0.5 mm glandular and nonglandular trichomes; leaf blade 2.5-7 cm, palmately cleft, ratio of main sinus/middle segment length = 0.65-0.85, pilose with ± appressed nonglandular and glandular trichomes; segments 5(or 7), rhombic, 4-9 mm wide at base, 7-12(-15)-lobed in distal half, ratio of second sinus/middle segment length = 0.16-0.26. Cymules solitary, 2-flowered; peduncle 0.6-3.5 cm. Pedicel 1-2.8 cm, with 1-2.5 mm patent nonglandular trichomes and 0.2-0.5 mm patent glandular and nonglandular trichomes; bracteoles lanceolate. Sepals 4-4.5 mm, mucro 0.7-1 mm, ratio of mucro/sepal length = 0.17-0.22, outside with 0.2-0.8 mm patent nonglandular trichomes and 0.3-0.7 mm patent glandular trichomes, inside glabrous. Petals bright purple, 4-6.5 mm, erect to patent, margin basally ciliate or not, apex emarginate with a ca. 1 mm notch. Staminal filaments white, lanceolate, abaxially pilose and proximal half ciliate, trichomes

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Specimen records

257

With media

222

Family

Geraniaceae

Collections

MICH, US, CM

Recorded in

India, Romania, Turkey, Switzerland, Bulgaria, United States, France, Ukraine

Wikidata facts

Instance of

taxon

Parent taxon

Geranium

Image

Geranium divaricatum Sturm5.jpg

Has use

medicinal plant

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