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 |