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geranium (genus Geranium), also called cranesbill, ![Geranium swatense.
[Credit: Stan Shebs]](https://web.archive.org/web/20110319161636im_/http://media-1.web.britannica.com/eb-media/81/128581-003-194EF41F.gif "Geranium swatense.
[Credit: Stan Shebs]")
any of a group of about 300 species of perennial herbs or shrubs in the family Geraniaceae, native mostly to subtropical southern Africa. Geraniums are among the most popular of bedding and greenhouse plants. The closely related genus Pelargonium contains some 280 species of annual, biennial, and perennial herbaceous plants that are commonly called geraniums.
The cultivated geraniums of the genus Pelargonium are herbaceous to woody, with thick fleshy leaves varying in shape from round to lobed to deeply cut; the flowers, borne in terminal clusters, vary in colour from white through shades of ... (100 of 365 words)
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Geraniums are flowering plants that grow in the wild as well as in gardens. There are many different types of geraniums. Most have strong fragrances, or smells.
Whether grown indoors in pots or outdoors in beds and borders, geraniums are durable and popular plants. Selective breeding for more than two centuries has produced showy flowers, from deep red or pink to white in color, and fancy leaf shapes. The geranium family is called Geraniaceae, from the Greek word geranos, meaning "crane," because the fruits or seed pods are shaped like crane’s bills. Most of the some 800 known species of the geranium family belong to the genus Geranium or the genus Erodium.
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