Geranium pseudosibiricum J.Mayer

Species

Angiosperms > Geraniales > Geraniaceae > Geranium

Characteristics

Perennials. Rootstock ± horizontal, 5-8 mm in diam., not tuberculate, with thickened roots along rootstock. Stem 26-60 cm tall, erect, not rooting at nodes, with 0.2-0.4 mm retrorse ± appressed nonglandular trichomes. Stipules lanceolate, distinct. Leaves 1(or 2) alternate but opposite at inflorescence; petiole with 0.2-0.5 mm retrorse ± appressed nonglandular trichomes; leaf blade 3.9-7.4 cm, palmately cleft, ratio of main sinus/middle segment length = (0.81-)0.87-0.91, pilose with appressed nonglandular trichomes; segments 5 or 7, rhombic, 1.7-4.5 mm wide at base, 8-22-lobed in distal half, ratio of second sinus/middle segment length = 0.18-0.29(-0.41). Cymules solitary or in aggregates at apex of each branch, 2-flowered; peduncle 1.4-5.6(-11.5) cm. Pedicel 0.8-2.1 cm, with 0.2-0.5 mm retrorse not appressed nonglandular trichomes and sometimes 0.2-0.4 mm patent glandular trichomes; bracteoles lanceolate. Sepals 3.4-5.8 mm, mucro 0.7-1.7 mm, ratio of mucro/sepal length = 0.12-0.31, outside with 0.4-1.2 mm ± patent nonglandular trichomes and sometimes 0.2-0.6 mm patent glandular trichomes, inside glabrous. Petals purplish, 1-1.1 cm, erect to patent, outside glabrous, inside basally with trichomes, margin basally ciliate, apex rounded. Staminal filaments white, lanceolate, abaxially pilose and proximal half ciliate, trichomes 0.2-0.4 mm; anthers bluish, 1.2-1.4 mm. Nectaries 5, hemispheric, glabrous. Stigma purplish. Fruit 2.3-2.5 cm, erect when immature; mericarps smooth but sometimes with 1 or 2 transversal veins at apex, with a basal callus, with 0.1-0.3 mm ± appressed nonglandular trichomes and 0.6-0.8 mm patent glandular trichomes; rostrum 1.7-1.8 cm, with a 2-3 mm narrowed apex; stigmatic remains 1.5-2.2 mm. Seeds 2.3-2.4 mm. Fl. Jul-Aug, fr. Aug-Sep. 2n = 28.
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A shrub. The roots are thickened. The stems are 26-60 cm tall. The leaves are 4-7 cm long and divided.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.6
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It is a temperate plant.
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Edible leaves
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Images

Geranium pseudosibiricum unspecified picture

Distribution

Geranium pseudosibiricum world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:373521-1
WFO ID wfo-0000701133
COL ID 3FV38
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Synonyms

Geranium szeewaldianum Geranium caeruleum Geranium campestre Geranium caeruleum var. subuschkanense Geranium pseudosibiricum var. subuschkanense Geranium sylvaticum subsp. pseudosibiricum Geranium pseudosibiricum Geranium coeruleum var. ushkanense