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Geranium robertianum ssp. robertianum
Herb-robert
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Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
ID: 0000 0000 0616 0378 (2016-06-06)Copyright © 2016 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
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date of photo Jun 3, 2016
latitude 46.36029 longitude 13.70259
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location
Lower Trenta valley, between villages Soča and Trenta, Na Melu place, near cottage Trenta 2b, East Julian Alps (Posočje, Slovenia)notes Slo.: smrdljička - Habitat: grassland near a compost heap and farmhouse, semiruderal place, locally flat terrain, shallow, colluvial, calcareous ground, elevation 600 m (2.000 feet); average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: relatively nutrients rich soil Comment: Geranium robertianum ssp. robertianum is a very common plant growing in the whole Mediterranean, all European plains and mountains from Pyrenees to Carpathians (except Dinaric mountains), in North America and Asia, on all kind of ground, preferably semiruderal, wasteland and other not really respected places. It flowers from April to the end of November. Its flowers are small and inconspicuous and, in addition, it has an unpleasant smell. No wonder - it is considered a weed! But it belongs to a very beautiful genus Crane's Bills (Geranium). Hundreds of cultivars have been made by gardeners. And in did, when looked from close even Geranium robertianum looks convincingly beautiful. Ref.: (1) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 1., Haupt (2004), p 1062. (2) A. Martinči et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnična Založba Slovenije (2007), p 347. (3) K. Lauber and G. Wagner, Flora Helvetica, 5. Auflage, Haupt (2012), p 580. (4) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora für Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005).camera Nikon D700/Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
contributor's ID # Bot_969/2016_DSC2856 photo category: Plant - annual/perennial
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