Geranium purpureum, Vili

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 198-199

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.293200

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B0402C-FF19-E3B1-F8BF-F175DE5DFD52

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scientific name

Geranium purpureum
status

 

38. G. purpureum Vili View in CoL View at ENA , in L., Syst. Pl. Eur. 1, FI. Delph.: 72 (1785).

Like 37 but sepals ovate, mucronate or shortly aristate; petals 5-9 mm, purplish-pink, with limb 3-5 mm, ellipticoblong, longer than broad, and contracted less abruptly to a relatively broader claw; pollen yellow; mericarps usually glabrous, with about 4 strong, transverse ridges near the apex, and covered elsewhere by a close reticulum of lower but conspicuous ridges. 2/i=32. S. <6 W. Europe, northwards to 52° N. in Britain. Al Az BI Br Bu Co Cr G a G r Hb He Hs It Ju Lu?Rm Rs (K) Sa Si Tu.

In parts of Europe this species is difficult to distinguish satisfactorily from 37, and is often treated as a subspecies.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Geraniales

Family

Geraniaceae

Genus

Geranium

Loc

Geranium purpureum

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1981
1981
Loc

G. purpureum

Vili 1785: 72
1785
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