Geranium onoei




Family Geraniaceae
Scientific name Geranium onoei Franchet & Savatier
Synonyms Geranium eriostemon Fischer ex de Candolle var. hypoleucum Nakai; Geranium eriostemon Fischer ex de Candolle var. megalanthum Nakai; Geranium onoei Franchet & Savatier forma albiflorum N. Yonezawa; Geranium eriostemon Fischer ex de Candolle var. reinii (Franchet & Savatier) Maximovicz; Geranium eriostemon Fischer ex de Candolle var. reinii (Franchet & Savatier) Maximovicz forma albiflorum N. Yonezawa; Geranium eriostemon Fischer ex de Candolle var. reinii (Franchet & Savatier) Maximovicz forma onoei (Franchet & Savatier) H. Hara; Geranium eriostemon Fischer ex de Candolle var. onoei (Franchet & Savatier) Makino; Geranium eriostemon Fischer ex de Candolle var. onoei (Franchet & Savatier) Nakai; Geranium eriostemon Fischer ex de Candolle var. orientale H. Hara; Geranium eriostemon Fischer ex de Candolle var. typicum Maximovicz; Geranium onoei Knuth; Geranium reinii Franchet & Savatier
Common name (Japanese common name) gun-nai-furo (グンナイフウロ, 郡内風露 [meaning: Gun-nai geranium (Gun-nai = an old name of a local area in Nagano Prefecture)]), ibuki gun-nai-furo (イブキグンナイフウロ, 伊吹郡内風露 [meaning: Mt. Ibuki Gun-nai geranium]), takane gun-nai-furo (タカネグンナイフウロ, 高嶺郡内風露 [meaning: high mountains Gun-nai geranium])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (north of Central region)
(Other nations) Korea
Habitat Subalpine or mountane field
Chromosomal number 2n=28
Description Plants 30-50cm tall. Leaves 5-12cm wide. Flowers purple, pale pink or white (forma albiflorum) ca. 3cm across, flowering in June to August. Perennial plants.
Reference Geranium platyanthum Duthie



June 2009
at Karuizawa Botanical Garden
June 2009
at Karuizawa Botanical Garden
June 2009
at Karuizawa Botanical Garden



June 2005
at Yashimagahara Swamp
June 2005
at Yashimagahara Swamp