Abstract Geraniums in Red
by Janice Pariza
Title
Abstract Geraniums in Red
Artist
Janice Pariza
Medium
Painting - Photography
Description
An image of Geraniums reaching for the Sun processed via Snap Art into an Abstract Oil Painting.
Geranium is a genus of 422 species of flowering annual, biennial, and perennial plants that are commonly known as the cranesbills. They are found throughout the temperate regions of the world and the mountains of the tropics, but mostly in the eastern part of the Mediterranean region. The long, palmately cleft leaves are broadly circular in form. The flowers have five petals and are coloured white, pink, purple or blue, often with distinctive veining. Geraniums will grow in any soil as long as it is not waterlogged. Propagation is by semi ripe cuttings in summer, by seed, or by division in autumn or spring.
The genus name is derived from the Greek γέρανος (g�ranos) or γερανός (geran�s) �crane�. The English name �cranesbill� derives from the appearance of the fruit capsule of some of the species. Species in the Geranium genus have a distinctive mechanism for seed dispersal. This consists of a beak-like column which springs open when ripe and casts the seeds some distance. The fruit capsule consists of five cells, each containing one seed, joined to a column produced from the centre of the old flower. The common name �cranesbill� comes from the shape of the unsprung column, which in some species is long and looks like the bill of a crane. However, many species in this genus do not have a long beak-like column.
Geraniums are eaten by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including brown-tail and mouse moth.
The species Geranium viscosissimum (sticky geranium) is considered to be protocarnivorous.
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May 28th, 2015
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