Israel flowers: Bulbous Crane’s-Bill
Geranium tuberosum, Bulbous Crane’s-Bill, Tuberous wild geranium crane’s-bill,
Hebrew: גרניון הפקעות, Arabic: الغرنوقي الدرني
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| Scientific name: | Geranium tuberosum L. | |
| Common name: | Bulbous Crane’s-Bill, Tuberous wild geranium crane’s-bill | |
| Hebrew name: | גרניון הפקעות | |
| Arabic name: | الغرنوقي الدرني , Gharnook askouli | |
| Family: | Geraniaceae, גרניים |
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| Life form: | Batha, Phrygana | |
| Stems: | 15-30 cm; tuberous rhizome; solitary, branched above; hairy | |
| Leaves: | Alternate, rosette, dissected | |
| Inflorescence: | Cymes, branched clusters | |
| Flowers: | Pink, Purple; darker veins | |
| Fruit / pods: | Carpels, elongated beaked capsules or schizocarps | |
| Flowering Period: | February, March, April, May | |
| Habitat: | Batha, Phrygana | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon | |
| Chorotype: | Euro-Siberian – Med – Irano-Turanian | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
 Derivation of the botanical name: Geranium, from Greek γέρανος geranos, a crane; in allusion to the long beak of the carpels.
tuberosum, tuber, a lump, tumor, hump; tuberous.
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