Geranium collinum Stephan ex Willd.

 
  • 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 :
    • Legkatin (Ladakhi)
  • Habit : Rhizomatus 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.
  • Flower, Fruit : July-August
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Native : Afghanistan, Altay, Belarus, Central European Rus, East European Russia, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krym, Mongolia, Nepal, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Romania, South European Russi, Spain, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Spain, Romania to Mongolia and Central Himalaya
  • 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
  • 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 12 October 2024.

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