Geranium californicum

Geranium californicum

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Geraniales
Family:	Geraniaceae
Genus:	Geranium
Species:	G. Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group Magnoliopsida is the Botanical name for a class of Flowering plants By definition the class will include the family Magnoliaceae, but its The Geraniales are a small order of Flowering plants included within the rosid subgroup of Dicotyledons The largest family in the order is the Geraniaceae Geraniaceae is a family of Flowering plants placed in the order Geraniales. Gardeners often use the name "geranium" to mean Pelargonium: see below. californicum

Binomial name

Geranium californicum
G. N. Jones & F. F. Jones

Synonyms

Geranium concinnum

Geranium californicum is a species of geranium known by the common name California cranesbill. In Scientific nomenclature, synonyms are different Scientific names used for a single Taxon. Gardeners often use the name "geranium" to mean Pelargonium: see below. It is endemic to California, where it grows in the Sierra Nevada and coastal ranges in the southern part of the state. Endemism is the Ecological state of being unique to a place Endemic species are not naturally found elsewhere California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The Sierra Nevada ( Spanish for "Snowy Range" is a Mountain range located in the U This is a perennial herb topping half a meter in maximum height. Its thin, hairy stems have many wide, palmate leaves divided into several segments which are subdivided into small lobes. Flowers appear singly or in pairs on small stalks. Each has five pointed sepals beneath five rounded to oval-shaped petals which may have slight notches in the ends. A sepal (from Latin separatus "separate" + petalum "petal" is a part of the flower of Angiosperms or flower plants The petals are up to 1. 5 centimeters long and white to pale pink or lavender with deeper lavender veining.

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