Geranium lucidum

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Geranium lucidum
File:Geranium lucidum Sturm6.jpg
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G. lucidum
Binomial name
Geranium lucidum

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Geranium lucidum, commonly known as shining cranesbill[1] or (in North America) shining geranium, is a herbaceous annual plant of the genus Geranium.

Description

An annual plant with stems up to 35 cm long and red. Leaves lobed or divided bluntly. Flowers 10 mm across with bright pink petals born in twos in May to August[2]with sharply keeled sepals. Hairs very small.[3]

Distribution

Common in Great Britain and Ireland.[4]

Habitat

Common on acid soils

References

  1. Hackney, P. (Ed) 1992. Stewart and Corry's Flora of the North-east of Ireland. Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast ISBN 0-85389-446-9
  2. Martin, W. Keble 1965. The Concise British Flora in Colour Ebury Press and Michael Joseph
  3. Parnell, J. and Curtis. 2012. Webb's An Irish Flora. Cork University Press. ISBN 978-1-85918-478-3
  4. Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. and Warburg, E.F. 1968. Excursion Flora of the British Isles (Second Edition) Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-04656-4


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