Geranium purpureum Vill., 1786

Common names

🇬🇧 Little-Robin
🇫🇷 Géranium pourpre

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superrosids
Clade: Rosids
Clade: Malvids
Order: Geraniales
Family: Geraniaceae
Tribe: Geranieae
Genus: Geranium
Species: Geranium purpureum

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with G. robertianum L., 1753, whose flowers have orange-brown anthers, while those of G. purpureum have bright yellow anthers.

Photographs

img/geranium-purpureum.webp — Geranium purpureum

img/geranium-purpureum-2.webp — Geranium purpureum

img/geranium-purpureum-3.webp — Geranium purpureum - Leaf

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 781). Biotope.