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Geranium robertianum (Robert geranium)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Geranium robertianum, (syn. Robertiella robertiana), commonly known as Herb-Robert, Red Robin, Death come quickly, Storksbill, Dove's Foot, Crow's Foot, or (in North America) Robert Geranium, is a common species of cranesbill native to Europe and parts of Asia, North America, and North Africa.
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Infraspecies

Geranium robertianum var. macropetalum
Geranium robertianum var. robertianum

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Bee Flower Color [2]  Blue
Flower Color [2]  Pink
Height [3]  20 inches (.5 m)
Lifespan [3]  Annual/Biennial
Structure [5]  Herb
Light Preference [4]  Mixed Sun/Shade
Soil Acidity [4]  Moderate Acid
Soil Fertility [4]  Intermediate
Soil Moisture [4]  Moist

Protected Areas

Predators

Providers

Pollinated by 
Aporia crataegi (Black-veined White Butterfly)[7]
Bombus hortorum (Small Garden Humble-bee)[6]
Episyrphus balteatus (Marmelade Fly)[6]
Pieris brassicae (Large White)[7]
Rhingia campestris[6]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Coleroa robertiani[7]
Podosphaera fugax[6]
Uromyces geranii[6]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Arnold SEJ, Faruq S, Savolainen V, McOwan PW, Chittka L, 2010 FReD: The Floral Reflectance Database — A Web Portal for Analyses of Flower Colour. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14287.
♦ 3PLANTATT - Attributes of British and Irish Plants: Status, Size, Life History, Geography and Habitats, M. O. Hill, C. D. Preston & D. B. Roy, Biological Records Centre, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (2004)
♦ 4ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999)
♦ 5Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 6Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 7Ecology of Commanster
♦ 8Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0