Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Mountainous forest

Range

South Asia

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Hairs

Status

Uncommon

About

Purple-vein geranium, or Geranium wallichianum, is a hardy perennial plant native to the Himalayas, which grows to 60 cm tall and broad with hairy toothed leaves and masses of bright blue flowers in summer. This species is a hardy perennial plant native to the Himalayas, which grows to 60 cm tall and broad with hairy toothed leaves and masses of bright blue flowers in summer.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Geraniales

Family

Geraniaceae

Genus

Geranium

Species

Geranium wallichianum