Pan India Bouquets

Geranium rotundifolium L.

Family : Geraniaceae
(Geranium Family)
Family (Hindi name) : RATANJOT FAMILY (रतनजोत फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Geraniaceae
Synonym(s) : Geranium core Kostel.; Geranium malvaceum Wahlenb.; Geranium pinnatifidum Picard; Geranium potentilloides Klotzsch; Geranium propinquum Salisb.; Geranium strictum Picard; Geranium subrotundum Ehrh. ex Hoffm.; Geranium viscidulum Fr.; Geranium viscosum Gilib.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Geranium rotundifolium L.
Common name : Round-leaf Crane'sbill, Roundleaf Geranium
Habit : Annual herb
Habitat : Steppes; 900-1400 m. altitude
Comments / notes : The general appearance of this species is much like Geranium molle or G. pusillum, and it occasionally has been misidentified with these species. However, its rounded petals and smooth mericarps permit an easy identification, which also could be supported by its subspherical and remarkably reticulate seeds.
Flower, Fruit : May-July
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Macaronesia, Europe to Himalaya, North Africa
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Macaronesia, Europe to Himalaya, North Africa and Argentina Northeast, California, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Colorado, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Kansas, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Tasmania, Uruguay
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 90
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Geranium rotundifolium. Downloaded on 28 June 2022.

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