Geranium koreanum Kom.

Species

Angiosperms > Geraniales > Geraniaceae > Geranium

Characteristics

Perennials. Rootstock ± vertical, 0.8-1.5 cm in diam., not tuberculate, with thickened roots along rootstock. Stem 30-87 cm tall, erect, not rooting at nodes, with 0.1-1.8 mm retrorse appressed or patent nonglandular trichomes. Stipules broadly ovate, usually connate. Leaves opposite; petiole with 0.2-1.7 mm retrorse appressed or patent nonglandular trichomes; leaf blade 6.3-9.9 cm, palmately cleft, ratio of main sinus/middle segment length = 0.65-0.81, pilose with appressed nonglandular trichomes; segments 5, rhombic, 1.1-2.6 cm wide at base, 8-14-lobed in distal half, ratio of second sinus/middle segment length = (0.08-)0.13-0.15(-0.21). Cymules solitary, 2-flowered; peduncle 2.5-10.3 cm. Pedicel 1.4-3.5 cm, with 0.1-0.6 mm retrorse appressed or patent nonglandular trichomes; bracteoles lanceolate. Sepals 7.4-10.9 mm, mucro 1.3-3.8 mm, ratio of mucro/sepal length = 0.15-0.38, outside with 0.1-0.9 mm antrorse ± appressed nonglandular trichomes, inside glabrous. Petals bright pink, (1.2-)1.3-1.6(-2.1) cm, erect to patent, outside basally with trichomes, inside basal ca. third with trichomes, margin basally ciliate, apex rounded. Staminal filaments pinkish, lanceolate, base slightly dilated, almost glabrous but with scattered 0.1-0.4 mm trichomes; anthers bluish, 1.9-2.8 mm. Nectaries 5, hemispheric, abaxially glabrous, apex with a tuft of trichomes. Stigma dull red. Fruit 2.7-3 cm, erect when immature; mericarps smooth, with a basal callus, with 0.2-0.4 mm ± patent nonglandular trichomes and apically rarely with 0.6-0.8 mm patent glandular trichomes; rostrum 1.7-1.8 cm, with a 2.3-3.3 mm narrowed apex; stigmatic remains 5-6.3 mm. Seeds 2.6-2.9 mm. Fl. Jul-Aug, fr. Aug-Sep. 2n = 28.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.69
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Environment

Light 4-9
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Soil acidity 2-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-9

Usage

Uses -
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Therapeutic use -
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or divisions.
Mode cuttings divisions
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Distribution

Geranium koreanum world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:373202-1
WFO ID wfo-0000700688
COL ID 6KDR2
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Geranium koreanum Geranium lauschanense Geranium taebaek Geranium tsing-tauense Geranium tsingtauense f. album