Geranium pyrenaicum Burm.f., 1759

Common names

🇬🇧 Hedgerow Crane’s-bill
🇫🇷 Géranium des Pyrénées

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 pyrenaicum

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with G. molle L., 1753, which has stems and sepals covered with longer, irregular hairs, while G. pyrenaicum has stems and sepals covered with shorter, regular hairs.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

G. pyrenaicum subsp. lusitanicum (Samp.) S.Ortiz, 1990;
G. pyrenaicum subsp. pyrenaicum Burm.f., 1759, P.

Photographs

img/geranium-pyrenaicum.webp — *Geranium pyrenaicum*

img/geranium-pyrenaicum-2.webp — *Geranium pyrenaicum* - Leaf

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 784). Biotope.