Geranium pyrenaicum

Hedgerow Cranesbill

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Common names

Hedgerow Cranesbill.

Scientific name

Geranium pyrenaicum Burm. f.

Conservation status and threats

NOT protected species in Bulgaria.

Description and identification

Perennial herbaceous plant. Flower 15–20 mm (0.6–0.8 in.) wide. Petals 5, whitish purple, deeply lobed. Sepals 5, about half length of petals. Stamens 10. Pistil of 5 fused carpels, style solitary, 5 stigmas. Flowers usually in axillary pairs or threesomes, or terminal on shoots. Fruit 5-parted schizocarp, beak-like tip, beak segments coil at dehiscence. Mericarps glossy, finely haired.^[1] Flowering May-August.

Habitat

Wet, grassy and bushy places.^[2]

Distribution in Bulgaria

Across the country from 0 to 2000 meters above sea level.^[3]

References

[1] Hedgerow Cranesbill, Geranium pyrenaicum - NatureGate.

[2] Делипавлов, Д., И. Чешмеджиев, М. Попова, Д. Терзийски, И. Ковачев. 2003. Определител на растенията в България. Аграрен университет. Пловдив.

[3] Делипавлов и кол. 2003. Пос. източник.

Geranium pyrenaicum на български

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