Geranium erianthum




Family Geraniaceae
Scientific name Geranium erianthum de Candolle
Synonyms Geranium eriostemon Fischer ex Candolle var. orientale Maximowicz; Geranium gorbizense Aedo & Muñoz Garmendia; Geranium orientale (Maximowicz) Freyn, non Miller; Geranium pratense L. var. erianthum (de Candolle) B. Boivin; Geranium subumbelliforme R. Knuth
Common name (Japanese common name) chisima-furo (チシマフウロ, 千島風露 [meaning: Kuril Islands geranium])
(English common name) woolly geranium
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (north of Yamagata Prefecture)
(Other nations) Russia, China, Canada, USA
Habitat Alpine field
Chromosomal number 2n=28
Description Plants 20-50cm tall. Leaves 6-9cm wide. Flowers pale purple 2.5-3cm across, flowering in July to August. Perennial plants.
Reference Geranium erianthum DC.
Geranium erianthum Candolle
Geranium erianthum DC.
Xeric element and method of preparing the same (US Patent 3688579/1970)



May 2008
at Hokkaido University
Botanical Garden
May 2008
at Hokkaido University
Botanical Garden
May 2008
at Hokkaido University
Botanical Garden



May 2008
at Hokkaido University
Botanical Garden