Geranium pusillum

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Geranium pusillum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Geraniales
Family: Geraniaceae
Genus: Geranium
Species:
G. pusillum
Binomial name
Geranium pusillum
L., 1759
Synonyms [1]
List
    • Geranium baumgartenianum Schur (1866)
    • Geranium circinatum Kanitz (1863)
    • Geranium delicatulum Ten. & Guss. (1836)
    • Geranium delicatulum Ten. & Guss. (1836)
    • Geranium divaricatum var. tenuisectum Sennen (1917)
    • Geranium dubium Chaix (1786)
    • Geranium elatum Picard (1887)
    • Geranium haussknechtii Soó (1980)
    • Geranium humile Cav. (1787)
    • Geranium hybridum Hausskn. (1891)
    • Geranium malvifolium Scop. (1771)
    • Geranium parviflorum Curtis (1791)
    • Geranium parviflorum var. humile (Cav.) Chevall. (1828)
    • Geranium pseudopusillum Schur (1868)

Geranium pusillum, commonly known as small-flowered crane's-bill [2] or (in North America) small geranium, [3] is a herbaceous annual plant of the genus Geranium .

Small geranium is native to Europe [4] but is introduced in almost every region of the USA and Canada, [3] where it is associated with ecologically disturbed sites. [4]

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References

  1. "Geranium pusillum L." Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  2. BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  3. 1 2 USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Geranium pusillum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  4. 1 2 "UC/JEPS: Jepson Manual treatment for GERANIUM pusillum".