- Family : GERANIACEAE
(Geranium Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : RATANJOT FAMILY (रतनजोत फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Geraniaceae
- Synonym(s) : Geranium aconitifolium var. album B.Ghosh & U.C.Bhattach.; Geranium acutilobum Coincy; Geranium collinum var. londesii (Fisch. ex Link) Tzvelev; Geranium exul Rech.f. & Riedl; Geranium humifusum R.Knuth; Geranium londesii Fisch. ex Link; Geranium longipedatum St.-Lag.; Geranium longipes DC.; Geranium minutum Ikonn.; Geranium pseudoaconitifolium Blatt.; Geranium pseudoaconitifolium var. album (B.Ghosh & U.C.Bhattach.) Aswal & Mehrotra; Geranium wakhanicum (Paulsen) Ikonn.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Geranium collinum Stephan ex Willd.
- Common name : Hill Geranium
- Vernacular name :
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Along irrigation ditches or damp places from 2800-4800 m. altitude
- Comments / notes : A polymorphic species with an unusual amount of variability in the plant and leaf size, shape, incision and the degree of pubescence.
- Key identification features : Perennial, hairy herb; Stipule small, ovate; Flowers large, pink purple or violet, sepals short awned.
- Flower, Fruit : June-September
- Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Himachal Pradesh : Kinnaur district, Lahaul & Spiti district, Shimla district
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Native : Afghanistan, Altay, Belarus, Central European Russia, East European Russia, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krym, Mongolia, Nepal, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Romania, South European Russia, Spain, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukr
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Afghanistan, Altay, Belarus, Central European Russia, East European Russia, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krym, Mongolia, Nepal, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Romania, South European Russia, Spain, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Xinjiang
- Literature :
- Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 89
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. Volume 1, Botanical Survey of India, 1984. Pg.: 127
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Geranium collinum. Downloaded on 1 April 2025.
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