67. Geranium himalayense Klotzsch GERANIACEAE

Engraving from Klotzsch & Garcke, Travels of Prince Waldemar t. 16

A popular garden plant, with several cultivars, which forms carpets by means of creeping rhizomes. Its large flowers are produced over a long period and the leaves turn a fine reddish colour in autumn. The plant is widespread in Central Asia and the Himalaya, from Afghanistan to Central Nepal. It was first collected by Werner Hoffmeister, botanist on the Himalayan expedition of Prince Waldemar of Prussia in 1845. Hoffmeister was not to return from this, having met an unusual end for a botanist – killed in one of the battles of the Anglo-Sikh War.

     

    RBGE Living Collections Accession Factsheet
    Accession Number:19930003
    Scientific Name:Geranium himalayense Klotzsch
    Family:Geraniaceae
    Genus:Geranium
    Epithet:himalayense
    Collector:Chadwell, Christopher & McKelvie, A.
    Year:1992
    Origin:India, Bangladesh & Pakistan:beyond Patseo, Lahoul
    Elevation:3,700m
    Plant:19930003A
    Location:/Living Collections/Inverleith/R37/X040
     Location: 55.963839247,-3.204900441