Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Geraniales > Geraniaceae > Geranium > Geranium thunbergii

Geranium thunbergii (Thunberg's geranium)

Synonyms:

Wikipedia Abstract

Geranium thunbergii (Thunberg's geranium) is a cranesbill species. It is one of the most popular folk medicines and also an official antidiarrheic drug in Japan. Geraniin is an ellagitannin found in G. thunbergii.
View Wikipedia Record: Geranium thunbergii

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Structure [3]  Herb
Height [2]  12 inches (0.3 m)
View Plants For A Future Record : Geranium thunbergii

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
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