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Geranium incanum (Carpet geranium)

Bergtee, Vrouebossie [Afrikaans]; Tlako [Xhosa]

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Order: Geraniales > Family: Geraniaceae > Genus: Geranium

Geranium incanum (Carpet geranium)

Geranium incanum, Tsetsera plateau, Mozambique. [photo Stefaan Dondeyne ©, Flora of Mozambique]

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Geranium incanum, road to World's View, Troutbeck, Zimbabwe. [photo Bart Wursten ©, Flora of Zimbabwe]

Geranium incanum, Plateau below Nhandore peak, Mount Gorongosa, Mozambique. [photo Bart Wursen ©, Flora of Mozambique]

Geranium incanum (Carpet geranium)

African honey bee (Apis mellifera) pollinating Geranium incanum, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape peninsula, South Africa. [photo H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Geranium incanum (Carpet geranium)

Lycaenid butterfly pollinating Geranium incanum. [photo H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

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