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Botany 122:
Flowering Plant Identification

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Geraniaceae: Geranium Family

Family: Geraniaceae Geranium Family
14/750 P 672
Habit herbaceous
Stem: various
Leaves: various
Inflorescence: various
Flower: regular, perfect, hypogynous
Perianth: 5-merous
Calyx: 5 sepals
Corolla: 5 petals
Hypanthium: 0
Androecium: 5 stamens
Gynoecium: syncarpous 5
Ovary position: superior
Stigma: filiform
Style: 5 fused to a central style column
Fruit type: schizocarp, style column elongating in fruit development
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