Geranium canopurpureum Yeo

Species

Angiosperms > Geraniales > Geraniaceae > Geranium

Characteristics

Perennials. Rootstock tubercles subglobose, 3.7-4 × 2.9-3.5 mm, with nontuberous separations 0.4-1.6 cm, 0.6-1 mm in diam., without thickened roots. Stem 7-9 cm tall, erect, not rooting at nodes, with 0.2-0.3 mm retrorse to appressed nonglandular trichomes. Stipules lanceolate to ovate, distinct. Leaves 1 alternate but opposite at inflorescence; petiole with 0.2-0.4 mm retrorse to appressed nonglandular trichomes; leaf blade 0.7-1.4 cm, palmately cleft, ratio of main sinus/middle segment length = 0.73-0.8, pilose with appressed nonglandular trichomes; segments 5, obtriangular, 1.2-1.5 mm wide at base, 1-3-lobed in distal half, ratio of second sinus/middle segment length = 0.19-0.26. Cymules solitary, 2-flowered; peduncle 2.9-4.7 cm. Pedicel 2-3.4 cm, with 0.2-0.3 mm retrorse to appressed nonglandular trichomes; bracteoles lanceolate. Sepals 5.3-6.3 mm, mucro 0.7-0.8 mm, ratio of mucro/sepal length = 0.11-0.15, outside with 0.1-0.4 mm antrorse to patent nonglandular trichomes, inside glabrous. Petals pink, 0.8-1.2 mm, erect to patent, margin basally ciliate, apex rounded. Staminal filaments pinkish, lanceolate, abaxially pilose and proximal half ciliate, trichomes 0.3-0.8 mm; anthers purple, 1.1-1.3 mm. Nectaries 5, hemispheric, glabrous. Stigma dark purplish. Fruit unknown. Seeds unknown. Fl. Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
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Distribution

Geranium canopurpureum world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:961460-1
WFO ID wfo-0000700176
COL ID 6KCJN
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Synonyms

Geranium canopurpureum