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Geranium robertianum ssp. robertianum L.
Herb-Robert, DE: Stinkender Storchschnabel, Ruprechtskraut
Slo.: smrdljička
Dat.: June 3. 2016
Lat.: 46.36029 Long.: 13.70259
Code: Bot_969/2016_DSC2856
Picture file names: from Geranium-robertianum-ssp-robertianum_raw_10 to Geranium-robertianum-ssp-robertianum_raw_15.
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
Place: Lower Trenta valley, between villages Soča and Trenta, Na Melu place, near cottage Trenta 2b, East Julian Alps, Posočje, Slovenia EC
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).
Geranium platypetalum
Geraniaceae
home garden, Wasington Co., NY
native to Caucasus region
photo by Kerry Woods
This is my best guess as to identity; might also be something like G. x magnificum, which is a hybrid involving platypetalum.
This photo with shows stamens that have already senesced (anthers are gone, filaments reflexed), while the five stigmatic branches are fully mature and receptive. Geraniums are 'protandrous sequential hermaphrodites' -- flowers include both male and female function, but one at a time with the male function/pollen production first (as shown in other photos here).
Geranium 'Ann Folkard', early June. A popular hardy perennial with deep magenta flowers that bloom on long, wandering stems with bright green leaves that are yellow when young.