Different colored cranesbills

Different colored cranesbills
	Different colored cranesbill ( Geranium versicolor )
Systematics
	Rosids
	Eurosiden II
Order :	Cranesbill (geraniales)
Family :	Cranesbill family (Geraniaceae)
Genre :	Cranesbills ( geranium )
Type :	Different colored cranesbills
Scientific name
	Geranium versicolor
	L.

The different colored geraniums or variables cranesbill ( Geranium versicolor ) is one of several species from the family of geraniaceae (Geraniaceae). He is at home in the northeastern Mediterranean region.

description

It is a perennial, herbaceous plant that reaches heights of between 15 and 50 centimeters. The leaves are delicate, stand upright and have protruding, often lush hairs. The stem is thickened at the nodes .

Different colored cranesbill ( Geranium versicolor )

The basal leaves are on a 6 to 12 cm long petiole , the blade is 7 to 9 cm long and 5 to 7 cm wide, five-fold pinnate and deeply serrated. The stem leaves have only a short petiole and are triply pinnate with two basal lobes.

The flowering period extends from June to August. The sepals are 3 millimeters long and 9 millimeters wide with a 1 to 2 millimeter long tip. The petals are white or pink and violet-like veined. The fruits are hairy achenes .

distribution

The species is native to the northeastern Mediterranean as well as central and southern Italy and Sicily in montane locations between 500 and 1400 meters. It inhabits chestnut and beech forests .

use

Like many geraniums, the different colored cranesbill is used as an ornamental plant. Two varieties are used: 'Album', a variety with white flowers and only light veins, and 'Snow White', a pure white variety.

proof

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Sandro Pignatti (Ed.): Flora d'Italia . Vol. 2. Edagricole, Bologna 2003, ISBN 88-506-2449-2 , pp. 7 (Third unaltered reprint of the 1st edition from 1982).
↑ Hans Simon (ed.): The outdoor ornamental shrubs. Manual and lexicon of garden perennials . Founded by Leo Jelitto, Wilhelm Schacht. 5th completely revised edition. tape 1 : A-H . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3265-6 , pp. 401-402 .

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[fdi-1] Sandro Pignatti (Ed.): Flora d'Italia . Vol. 2. Edagricole, Bologna 2003, ISBN 88-506-2449-2 , pp. 7 (Third unaltered reprint of the 1st edition from 1982).

[jel-2] Hans Simon (ed.): The outdoor ornamental shrubs. Manual and lexicon of garden perennials . Founded by Leo Jelitto, Wilhelm Schacht. 5th completely revised edition. tape 1 : A-H . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3265-6 , pp. 401-402 .