Geranium is a genus of 422 species of annual, biennial, and perennial plants that are commonly known as geraniums, hardy geraniums, or cranesbills. They are found throughout the temperate regions of t
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Floral diagram of a Geranium garden hybrid called ‘Ann Thomson’, showing 5 free sepals, 5 free petals, 10 free fertile stamens, and a superior ovary consisting of 5 merged carpels, with 5 style branches
The "bill" and seed dispersal mechanism of G. pratense
Close up of a wet geranium cultivar (probably 'Johnson's Blue')
Geraniaceae is a family of flowering plants placed in the order Geraniales. The family name is derived from the genus Geranium. The family includes both the genus Geranium and the garden plants called
Geranium
…some distance, dispersing the seeds. Confusingly, "geranium" is also the common name of members of the genus Pelargonium, which are also in the family Geraniaceae and are widely grown as horticultural bedding plants. Linnaeus originally included all the species in one genus, Geranium, but they were later separated…
Herbarium specimen of Geranium rotundifolium showing mature fruits
Immature fruits of Erodium botrys
Actinomorphic flowers of Geranium pratense