- Family : GERANIACEAE
(Geranium Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : RATANJOT FAMILY (रतनजोत फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Geraniaceae
- Synonym(s) : Geranium core Kostel.; Geranium malvaceum Wahlenb.; Geranium pinnatifidum Picard; Geranium potentilloides Klotzsch; Geranium propinquum Salisb.; Geranium strictum Picard; Geranium subrotundum Ehrh. ex Hoffm.; Geranium viscidulum Fr.; Geranium viscosum Gilib.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Geranium rotundifolium L.
- Common name : Round-leaf Crane'sbill, Roundleaf Geranium
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Steppes; 900-1400 m. altitude
- Comments / notes : The general appearance of this species is much like Geranium molle or G. pusillum, and it occasionally has been misidentified with these species. However, its rounded petals and smooth mericarps permit an easy identification, which also could be supported by its subspherical and remarkably reticulate seeds.
- Flower, Fruit : May-July
- Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Dehradun (Landour)
- Native : Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Islands, Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, It
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Macaronesia, Europe to Himalaya, North Africa and Argentina Northeast, California, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Colorado, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Kansas, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Tasmania, Uruguay
- Literature :
- Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 90
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Geranium rotundifolium. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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