Geranium
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Taxonomy · GBIF
Herb Robert
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGeraniales
- FamilyGeraniaceae
Observations144,516
Groupplantae
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Geraniaceae
- Named after
- Gerana
- Image
- Geranium February 2008-1.jpg
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Article
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- Confusion with ''Pelargonium''
- Cultivation
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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.
The palmately cleft leaves are broadly circular in form. The flowers have five petals and are coloured white, pink, purple, or blue, often with distinctive veining. Geraniums will grow in any soil as long as it is not waterlogged. Propagation is by semiripe cuttings in summer, by seed, or by division in autumn or spring.