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Geranium retrorsum
Also called Common Crane's Bill, Grassland Crane's Bill, Turnip Rooted Geranium
Geranium retrorsum is a species of Geranium known by the common name New Zealand geranium in the United States and common cranesbill in Australia. It is native to Australia and New Zealand but can be found on other continents as an introduced species which is often a noxious weed as well. This is a perennial herb growing generally erect to a maximum height approaching half a meter. The stems are green to reddish and have stiff hairs. The leaves are a few centimeters wide and divided into several segments which are further divided into small lobes. The small flowers are fuchsia to purple in color. The fruit has a straight style about a centimeter in length.
In New Zealand this species has been classified by the Department of Conservation as Threatened - Nationally Vulnerable.
Geranium aculeolatum · Geranium albanum · Geranium antisanae · Hawai'i red cranesbill · Geranium argenteum · Geranium aristatum · Geranium asphodeloides · Bicknell's cranesbill · Geranium bohemicum · Alpine Crane's Bill · Pineywoods geranium · California cranesbill
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Geranium retrorsum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
