Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Robertiella robertianum (L,.) Hanks
Geranium Robertianum I,. Sp. PI. 681. 1753. Geranium inodorum G. Don, Syst. 1 : 721. 1831.
Stem commonly branched at the base, the branches ascending or decumbent, 1-5.5 dm. long, purplish, pubescent with delicate glandular hairs; leaf-blades angular in outline, the divisions ovate, 1.5-6 cm. long, their teeth or lobes abruptly pointed ; pedicels finely glandular-villous ; sepals lanceolate, 6-8.5 mm. long, the tips filiform; petals red-purple, 8-11 mm. long, the blades cuneate or obovate; style-column 1-1.5 cm. long, exclusive of the slender subulate beak; carpel-bodies 2.5 mm. long, wrinkled; seeds granular.
Type locality : Northern Europe.
Distribution : Nova Scotia to Manitoba, New Jersey, and Missouri ; also in Europe, Asia, and Africa.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel Small, Lenda Tracy Hanks, Nathaniel Lord Britton. 1907. GERANIALES, GERANIACEAE, OXALIDACEAE, LINACEAE, ERYTHROXYLACEAE. North American flora. vol 25(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
