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Foodplant / spot causer
mainly epiphyllous, immersed, very minute, pallid pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph of Septoria geranii causes spots on leaf of Geranium lucidum
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Fairly common in the Murree hills and Poonch area from 2000-3000 m.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of Pakistan Vol. 0: 4 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Description

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Annual, glabrous to subglabrous. Stem ascending, often reddish. Leaves suborbicular to reniform, palmatipartite, 10-40 mm broad; lamina often sparse pilose. Segments usually 3-lobed, lobes obtuse, mucronate. Stipules 1.5-2.5 mm long, broad lanceolate, glabrous. Petiole and peduncles unilaterally pubescent. Sepals 5-7 mm long, ovate, acuminate, 3-nerved, glabrous, transversely rugose (the wrinkles prominent in dry state), awn c. 1 mm long. Petals longer than the sepals, spathulate, reddish pink, claw narrow. Filament base scarcely dilated, glabrous. Beak 7-8 mm long, glabrous. Mericarps longitudinally rugose-reticulate, along suture glandular-uncinate. Seed 2 mm long, oblong, reddish, glabrous, lower end with a black protuberance.
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Distribution

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Europe, N. Africa, C. Asia, Himalaya (Kashmir to Nepal).
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Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal Vol. 0 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal @ eFloras.org
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Distribution

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Distribution: N. Africa, Turkey, Iran, Siberia, C. Asia, Afghanistan and the temperate Himalaya.
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Flora of Pakistan Vol. 0: 4 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Elevation Range

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3000 m
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Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal Vol. 0 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flower/Fruit

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Fl. Per: April-May.
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Geranium lucidum

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Geranium lucidum - MHNT
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Geranium lucidum, commonly known as shining cranesbill[1] or (in North America) shining geranium or shiny geranium, is a herbaceous annual plant of the genus Geranium. It is native to Europe, western Asia and North Africa. It has been introduced to North America as a garden plant and in places, particularly the Pacific Northwest, has become naturalised and is viewed as an invasive species and noxious weed.

Description

The shining cranesbill is an annual plant with stems up to 35 cm (14 in) long, brittle, fleshy, hairless and often red. Leaves round or kidney-shaped and glossy, palmately-lobed or divided bluntly to about two-thirds of their depth, sometimes with short hairs on the upper surface. Flowers with parts in fives, with sharply keeled sepals and bright pink, rounded petals, some 10 mm (0.4 in) in diameter, the 8 to 10 mm (0.3 to 0.4 in) petals having long bases and flat blades. These are borne in pairs from May to August. The fruits are beaked capsules, ridged and slightly hairy, at least on the edges, and splitting open into five parts. The seeds are smooth. The whole plant has a tendency to turn red.[2][3][4]

Distribution

Shining cranesbill on a wall in Wales

The shining cranesbill is native to Europe, Asia as far east as the Himalayas and northern Africa.[5] This plant is common in Great Britain and Ireland,[6] especially in the southwest and west, but uncommon in Scotland. It is found at altitudes of up to 610 m (2,000 ft).[4] It has been grown as a garden plant in parts of the United States and has become naturalised in the Pacific Northwest.[5]

Habitat

The shining cranesbill is common on limestone rocks and walls, and in churchyards on roadside verges, banks, gardens and bare ground; it thrives on chalky or sandy soil.[4] It is also common on acid soils and shady banks.[2] The plant has good dispersal abilities because the seed is explosively thrown out of the capsule, allowing the plant to move up slopes and exploit crevices in tree trunks and recesses in walls that are higher than the parent plant.[7]

Invasive species

In parts of the United States including California, Washington state and the Willamette Valley in Oregon, shining cranesbill has become naturalised. It was first detected in the US in 1971 and has since been declared a noxious weed in Washington and Oregon.[8] A 2013 survey by USDA reported that it was present in five counties in Washington, thirteen in Oregon and two in California. It was detected in Canada in 1982, on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, and has been introduced into Australia and New Zealand.[8]

When naturalised in the Pacific Northwest, it is often seen in association with the related European plant, herb Robert (Geranium robertianum), also classified as a noxious weed. In these areas, shining cranesbill seems to thrive in woodlands and forest glades, where it tends to overwhelm the native plants. State legislation has been enacted making it "prohibited to transport, buy, sell, offer for sale, or to distribute plants or plant parts, seeds in packets, blends or "wildflower mixes" of this species, into or within the state of Washington".[7]

References

  1. ^ Hackney, P. (Ed) 1992. Stewart and Corry's Flora of the North-east of Ireland. Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast ISBN 0-85389-446-9
  2. ^ a b Martin, W. Keble 1965. The Concise British Flora in Colour Ebury Press and Michael Joseph
  3. ^ Parnell, J. and Curtis. 2012. Webb's An Irish Flora. Cork University Press. ISBN 978-1-85918-478-3
  4. ^ a b c Harrap, Simon (2014). Harrap's Wild Flowers. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-4081-8987-0.
  5. ^ a b "Geranium lucidum – L." Plants for a Future. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  6. ^ Clapham, A.R.; Tutin, T.G.; Warburg, E.F. 1968. Excursion Flora of the British Isles (Second Edition) Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-04656-4
  7. ^ a b "Shiny geranium". Noxious Weeds. King County, Washington. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  8. ^ a b Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (11 June 2013). "Weed Risk Assessment for Geranium lucidum L. (Geraniaceae) – Shining cranesbill" (PDF). USDA.
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Geranium lucidum: Brief Summary

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Geranium lucidum, commonly known as shining cranesbill or (in North America) shining geranium or shiny geranium, is a herbaceous annual plant of the genus Geranium. It is native to Europe, western Asia and North Africa. It has been introduced to North America as a garden plant and in places, particularly the Pacific Northwest, has become naturalised and is viewed as an invasive species and noxious weed.

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