Species
Geranium rubricum
Etymology
Geranium: From the Greek geranos 'crane', the fruit of the plant resembling the head and beak of this bird, hence the common name cranesbill.
rubricum: The specific epithet 'rubricum' refers to the red ochre colour of the ultramafic rocks and soils where this species occurs, and also to the red colouration of the lamina margins and deep red colour of the stolon cortices
Common Name(s)
Red Hills geranium
Authority
Geranium rubricum Heenan et Courtney
Family
Geraniaceae
Flora Category
Vascular - Native
Structural Class
Dicotyledonous Herbs other than Composites
Synonyms
None - first described in 2017
Distribution
Endemic. South Island. Red Hills (Richmond Range)
Endemic Taxon
Yes
Endemic Genus
No
Endemic Family
No
References and further reading
Heenan, P.B.; Courtney, S.P. 2017: Geranium rubricum (Geraniaceae), a new species from ultramafic soils in the Red Hills, northern South Island, New Zealand. Phytotaxa 314(1): 089-095.
This page last updated on 5 Sep 2017