Geranium viscosissimum

Geranium viscosissimum

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Geraniales
Family: Geraniaceae
Genus: Geranium
Species:
G. viscosissimum
Binomial name
Geranium viscosissimum
Synonyms
List
    • Geranium attenuilobum G.N.Jones & F.F.Jones (1943)
    • Geranium canum Rydb. (1907)
    • Geranium nervosum Rydb. (1901)
    • Geranium strigosius H.St.John (1937)
    • Geranium strigosum Rydb. (1902)
    • Geranium viscosissimum var. album Suksd. (1927)
    • Geranium viscosissimum f. album (Suksd.) H.St.John (1928)
    • Geranium viscosissimum var. nervosum (Rydb.) C.L.Hitchc. (1961)
    • Geranium viscosissimum subsp. nervosum (Rydb.) W.A.Weber (1982)
    • Geranium hybridum Hausskn. (1891)
    • Geranium malvifolium Scop. (1771)
    • Geranium parviflorum Curtis (1791)
    • Geranium parviflorum var. humile (Cav.) Chevall. (1828)
    • Geranium pseudopusillum Schur (1868)

Geranium viscosissimum, commonly known as the sticky purple geranium, is a perennial in the flowering plant family Geraniaceae. It is thought to be a protocarnivorous plant.