Small geranium geranium , or Armenian ( Latin: Geránium psilostémon ) is a species of dicotyledonous flowering plants included in the genus Geranium of the Geraniaceae family. Ornamental plant, remarkable for the most bright red flowers among all geraniums.
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Geranium psilostemon Ledeb. , 1842 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Content
- 1 Botanical Description
- 2 Area
- 3 Significance
- 4 Taxonomy
- 4.1 Synonyms
- 5 notes
- 6 Literature
Botanical Description
Small stamen geranium is a perennial herb with a noticeable thick rhizome . Basal leaves in an amount of 2-5, on petioles up to 30 cm long, angular-kidney-shaped, 15-20 cm wide, divided into 5 rhombic lobes. Stem up to 35-70 cm tall, erect, fine-haired. Stem leaves are five-separated, shallowly dentate, upper with three lobes, almost sessile, young - almost woolly on the lower surface. Stipules are flat-haired. Bracts narrow-lanceolate, glabrous, up to 1.2 cm long.
The flowers are large, few in number, on the hairy pedicels. The calyx is divided into sepals of a lanceolate shape, covered with pubescence, each of which is 10-12 mm long. Petals of the corolla are blood-red, ovoid, 20-25 mm long. Stamens up to 1 cm long, blackening at the apex, expanding and whitening to the base.
The fruit is pubescent.
Range
Small stamen geranium comes from Transcaucasia . Described from western Transcaucasia, the type is stored in St. Petersburg. It grows along the edges of mountain forests in subalpine regions.
Value
Small stamen geranium is used as an ornamental plant in itself, as well as for breeding other decorative varieties of geraniums. The most famous variety is 'Iwan' , obtained with her participation. The first ever registered variety is the 'Bressingham Fair' , whose flowers are paler. `Ann Folkard` - an artificial hybrid of small geranium geranium and Geranium procurrens .
Taxonomy
| Vivianievye and Honey family (according to APG III System ) | more than 400 species | ||||||||||||
| order geranium | clan geranium | ||||||||||||
| Department of Flowering, or Angiosperms | geranium family | kind of geranium small stamen | |||||||||||
| another 58 orders of flowering plants ( APG III System ) | about 60 more births | ||||||||||||
Synonyms
- Geranium armenum boiss. , 1867
- Geranium armenum var. albowii Lipsky ex Woronow , 1908
- Geranium backhousianum Boiss. ex Woronow, 1908, nom. illeg.
- Geranium gerardi André , 1901
- Geranium lambertii var. backhousianum boiss . ex H. Hara , 1971
Notes
- ↑ For the conventionality of specifying the class of dicotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Dicotyledonous article .
Literature
- Bobrov E.G. Flora of the USSR : in 30 tons / started at hand. and under chap. ed. V. L. Komarova . - M .; L .: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR , 1949. - T. 14 / ed. volumes B.K. Shishkin , E.G. Bobrov . - S. 18. - 790 p. - 4000 copies.