Vasilis Teodoridis:
Geraniaceae | Geranium
16. Geranium nepalense Sweet; Geraniaceae. 1: t. 12. 1820.
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Geranium fangii R. Knuth; G. jinchuanense Z. M. Tan; G. lavergneanum H. Léveillé; G. lavergneanum var. cinerascens H. Léveillé; G. nepalense var. oliganthum (C. C. Huang) C. C. Huang & L. R. Xu; G. oliganthum C. C. Huang.
Perennials. Rootstock ± vertical; 2-5.8 mm in diam.; not tuberculate; without thickened roots. Stem 27-72 cm tall; trailing or ascending; sometimes rooting at nodes; with 0.2-1.4 mm patent or retrorse appressed nonglandular trichomes. Stipules lanceolate to subulate; distinct. Leaves opposite; petiole with 0.2-1.5 mm patent to retrorse nonglandular trichomes; leaf blade 2.3-4.1 cm; palmately cleft; ratio of main sinus/middle segment length = 0.78-0.89; pilose with appressed nonglandular trichomes; segments 5; broadly rhombic; 3.7-6.5 mm wide at base; 6-12-lobed in distal half; ratio of second sinus/middle segment length = 0.15-0.27. Cymules solitary; (1 or)2-flowered; peduncle 1.2-8.3 cm. Pedicel 1.1-2.5 cm; with 0.2-1 mm patent to retrorse nonglandular trichomes; bracteoles linear-lanceolate. Sepals 4.1-5.8 mm; mucro 0.4-1 mm; ratio of mucro/sepal length = 0.09-0.21; outside 0.4-1.1 mm with ± patent nonglandular trichomes; inside glabrous. Petals white; pale pink; or rarely deep pink; 5.1-5.9(-6.3) mm; erect to patent; both surfaces and margin with a few trichomes; apex rounded or slightly notched. Staminal filaments whitish; lanceolate with an abruptly narrowed apex; abaxially pilose and proximal half ciliate; trichomes 0.1-0.4 mm; anthers violet; 0.3-0.9 mm. Nectaries 5; hemispheric; glabrous. Stigma reddish. Fruit 1.4-1.8 cm; erect when immature; mericarps smooth with 1 transversal vein at apex; with a basal callus; with 0.3-1.3 mm ± patent nonglandular trichomes; rostrum 0.9-1.2 cm; with a 1-2 mm narrowed apex; stigmatic remains 0.8-1.4 mm. Seeds 1.9-2.3 mm. Fl. Apr-Sep; fr. May-Oct. 2n = 26; 28.
Forest margins; scrub; meadows; weedy areas; (100-)1000-3600 m. Gansu; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangxi; Qinghai; Shaanxi; Shanxi; Sichuan; E Xizang; Yunnan [Afghanistan; Bhutan; NE and S India; Indonesia (N Sumatra); Kashmir; Laos; N Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Thailand; N Vietnam].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Geraniaceae | Geranium
16. Geranium nepalense Sweet; Geraniaceae. 1: t. 12. 1820.
?????? ni bo er lao guan cao
Geranium fangii R. Knuth; G. jinchuanense Z. M. Tan; G. lavergneanum H. Léveillé; G. lavergneanum var. cinerascens H. Léveillé; G. nepalense var. oliganthum (C. C. Huang) C. C. Huang & L. R. Xu; G. oliganthum C. C. Huang.
Perennials. Rootstock ± vertical; 2-5.8 mm in diam.; not tuberculate; without thickened roots. Stem 27-72 cm tall; trailing or ascending; sometimes rooting at nodes; with 0.2-1.4 mm patent or retrorse appressed nonglandular trichomes. Stipules lanceolate to subulate; distinct. Leaves opposite; petiole with 0.2-1.5 mm patent to retrorse nonglandular trichomes; leaf blade 2.3-4.1 cm; palmately cleft; ratio of main sinus/middle segment length = 0.78-0.89; pilose with appressed nonglandular trichomes; segments 5; broadly rhombic; 3.7-6.5 mm wide at base; 6-12-lobed in distal half; ratio of second sinus/middle segment length = 0.15-0.27. Cymules solitary; (1 or)2-flowered; peduncle 1.2-8.3 cm. Pedicel 1.1-2.5 cm; with 0.2-1 mm patent to retrorse nonglandular trichomes; bracteoles linear-lanceolate. Sepals 4.1-5.8 mm; mucro 0.4-1 mm; ratio of mucro/sepal length = 0.09-0.21; outside 0.4-1.1 mm with ± patent nonglandular trichomes; inside glabrous. Petals white; pale pink; or rarely deep pink; 5.1-5.9(-6.3) mm; erect to patent; both surfaces and margin with a few trichomes; apex rounded or slightly notched. Staminal filaments whitish; lanceolate with an abruptly narrowed apex; abaxially pilose and proximal half ciliate; trichomes 0.1-0.4 mm; anthers violet; 0.3-0.9 mm. Nectaries 5; hemispheric; glabrous. Stigma reddish. Fruit 1.4-1.8 cm; erect when immature; mericarps smooth with 1 transversal vein at apex; with a basal callus; with 0.3-1.3 mm ± patent nonglandular trichomes; rostrum 0.9-1.2 cm; with a 1-2 mm narrowed apex; stigmatic remains 0.8-1.4 mm. Seeds 1.9-2.3 mm. Fl. Apr-Sep; fr. May-Oct. 2n = 26; 28.
Forest margins; scrub; meadows; weedy areas; (100-)1000-3600 m. Gansu; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangxi; Qinghai; Shaanxi; Shanxi; Sichuan; E Xizang; Yunnan [Afghanistan; Bhutan; NE and S India; Indonesia (N Sumatra); Kashmir; Laos; N Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Thailand; N Vietnam].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Geraniaceae | Geranium
16. Geranium nepalense Sweet; Geraniaceae. 1: t. 12. 1820.
?????? ni bo er lao guan cao
Geranium fangii R. Knuth; G. jinchuanense Z. M. Tan; G. lavergneanum H. Léveillé; G. lavergneanum var. cinerascens H. Léveillé; G. nepalense var. oliganthum (C. C. Huang) C. C. Huang & L. R. Xu; G. oliganthum C. C. Huang.
Perennials. Rootstock ± vertical; 2-5.8 mm in diam.; not tuberculate; without thickened roots. Stem 27-72 cm tall; trailing or ascending; sometimes rooting at nodes; with 0.2-1.4 mm patent or retrorse appressed nonglandular trichomes. Stipules lanceolate to subulate; distinct. Leaves opposite; petiole with 0.2-1.5 mm patent to retrorse nonglandular trichomes; leaf blade 2.3-4.1 cm; palmately cleft; ratio of main sinus/middle segment length = 0.78-0.89; pilose with appressed nonglandular trichomes; segments 5; broadly rhombic; 3.7-6.5 mm wide at base; 6-12-lobed in distal half; ratio of second sinus/middle segment length = 0.15-0.27. Cymules solitary; (1 or)2-flowered; peduncle 1.2-8.3 cm. Pedicel 1.1-2.5 cm; with 0.2-1 mm patent to retrorse nonglandular trichomes; bracteoles linear-lanceolate. Sepals 4.1-5.8 mm; mucro 0.4-1 mm; ratio of mucro/sepal length = 0.09-0.21; outside 0.4-1.1 mm with ± patent nonglandular trichomes; inside glabrous. Petals white; pale pink; or rarely deep pink; 5.1-5.9(-6.3) mm; erect to patent; both surfaces and margin with a few trichomes; apex rounded or slightly notched. Staminal filaments whitish; lanceolate with an abruptly narrowed apex; abaxially pilose and proximal half ciliate; trichomes 0.1-0.4 mm; anthers violet; 0.3-0.9 mm. Nectaries 5; hemispheric; glabrous. Stigma reddish. Fruit 1.4-1.8 cm; erect when immature; mericarps smooth with 1 transversal vein at apex; with a basal callus; with 0.3-1.3 mm ± patent nonglandular trichomes; rostrum 0.9-1.2 cm; with a 1-2 mm narrowed apex; stigmatic remains 0.8-1.4 mm. Seeds 1.9-2.3 mm. Fl. Apr-Sep; fr. May-Oct. 2n = 26; 28.
Forest margins; scrub; meadows; weedy areas; (100-)1000-3600 m. Gansu; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangxi; Qinghai; Shaanxi; Shanxi; Sichuan; E Xizang; Yunnan [Afghanistan; Bhutan; NE and S India; Indonesia (N Sumatra); Kashmir; Laos; N Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Thailand; N Vietnam].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Geraniaceae | Geranium
16. Geranium nepalense Sweet; Geraniaceae. 1: t. 12. 1820.
?????? ni bo er lao guan cao
Geranium fangii R. Knuth; G. jinchuanense Z. M. Tan; G. lavergneanum H. Léveillé; G. lavergneanum var. cinerascens H. Léveillé; G. nepalense var. oliganthum (C. C. Huang) C. C. Huang & L. R. Xu; G. oliganthum C. C. Huang.
Perennials. Rootstock ± vertical; 2-5.8 mm in diam.; not tuberculate; without thickened roots. Stem 27-72 cm tall; trailing or ascending; sometimes rooting at nodes; with 0.2-1.4 mm patent or retrorse appressed nonglandular trichomes. Stipules lanceolate to subulate; distinct. Leaves opposite; petiole with 0.2-1.5 mm patent to retrorse nonglandular trichomes; leaf blade 2.3-4.1 cm; palmately cleft; ratio of main sinus/middle segment length = 0.78-0.89; pilose with appressed nonglandular trichomes; segments 5; broadly rhombic; 3.7-6.5 mm wide at base; 6-12-lobed in distal half; ratio of second sinus/middle segment length = 0.15-0.27. Cymules solitary; (1 or)2-flowered; peduncle 1.2-8.3 cm. Pedicel 1.1-2.5 cm; with 0.2-1 mm patent to retrorse nonglandular trichomes; bracteoles linear-lanceolate. Sepals 4.1-5.8 mm; mucro 0.4-1 mm; ratio of mucro/sepal length = 0.09-0.21; outside 0.4-1.1 mm with ± patent nonglandular trichomes; inside glabrous. Petals white; pale pink; or rarely deep pink; 5.1-5.9(-6.3) mm; erect to patent; both surfaces and margin with a few trichomes; apex rounded or slightly notched. Staminal filaments whitish; lanceolate with an abruptly narrowed apex; abaxially pilose and proximal half ciliate; trichomes 0.1-0.4 mm; anthers violet; 0.3-0.9 mm. Nectaries 5; hemispheric; glabrous. Stigma reddish. Fruit 1.4-1.8 cm; erect when immature; mericarps smooth with 1 transversal vein at apex; with a basal callus; with 0.3-1.3 mm ± patent nonglandular trichomes; rostrum 0.9-1.2 cm; with a 1-2 mm narrowed apex; stigmatic remains 0.8-1.4 mm. Seeds 1.9-2.3 mm. Fl. Apr-Sep; fr. May-Oct. 2n = 26; 28.
Forest margins; scrub; meadows; weedy areas; (100-)1000-3600 m. Gansu; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangxi; Qinghai; Shaanxi; Shanxi; Sichuan; E Xizang; Yunnan [Afghanistan; Bhutan; NE and S India; Indonesia (N Sumatra); Kashmir; Laos; N Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Thailand; N Vietnam].