Pan India Bouquets

Erodium stephanianum Willd.

Family : Geraniaceae
(Geranium Family)
Family (Hindi name) : RATANJOT FAMILY (रतनजोत फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Geraniaceae
Synonym(s) : Geranium stephanianum (Willd.) Poir.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Erodium stephanianum Willd.
Habit : Annual herb
Habitat : Dry slopes, sandy river banks at 2000-3000 m. altitude; Open placs at elevations of 2500 - 4000 altitude
Comments / notes : Grow as weed in agricultural fields
Key identification features : The habit and foliage is that of Erodium ciconium but it differs in the eglandular parts, the narrower segments and toothed filaments.
Flower, Fruit : June-July
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Afghanistan, Altay, Buryatiya, China, Chita, India, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Manchuria, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Qinghai, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Tuva, West Himalaya, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : North-East Afghanistan to Siberia and Japan
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 89
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Erodium stephanianum. Downloaded on 1 October 2023.