Geranium (disambiguation)
Appearance
Geranium is a genus of 422 hardy flowering plant species.
Geranium may also refer to:
Plants
[edit]- Geraniales, a small order of flowering plants
- Geraniaceae, a family of flowering plants placed in the order
- Pelargonium, a genus of flowering plants formerly included in Geranium, and still commonly called geraniums
- Chenopodium botrys, feathered geranium or Jerusalem oak goosefoot
- Ixora spp, jungle geranium or West Indian jasmine
- Saxifraga stolonifera, strawberry geranium or creeping saxifrage
- Rosa moyesii 'Geranium', a shrub rose cultivar
Places
[edit]- Geranium, South Australia, a town in the Murraylands
- Geranium Plains, South Australia, a small town in the Mid North
- Geranium, Nebraska, a ghost town
- Geranium Township, Valley County, Nebraska
- "Geranium City", nickname of McDonough, Georgia
- Geraniums House, a landmark in Santa Felicidade, Brazil
Ships
[edit]- Géranium, a French Ham-class minesweeper
- HMAS Geranium, an Arabis-class sloop launched in 1915, originally HMS Geranium
- HMS Geranium (K16), a Flower-class corvette launched in 1940
- USS Geranium (1863), a steamship used as a tugboat
Arts and media
[edit]- A Geranium, 1911 movie starring Adele De Garde
- Geranium, the character of Ruby Dandridge in the Judy Canova Show
- "Geranium", a poem by Mary Ellen Solt
- "Geranium" (Geranio), a waltz by Pedro Elías Gutiérrez
- "Geranium Plant", an episode of Pat Novak for Hire
- "Geraniums", a poem by Roger Nash
- "The Geranium", a short story by Flannery O'Connor
Other uses
[edit]- Geranium the First (Géranium Ier), the nickname of Pierre Bourque (politician), a Québec politician
- 1227 Geranium, an outer main-belt asteroid
- "Geranium", a codeword for telescopes used in the letters of John Dobson (astronomer)
- Geranium red, a shade of red
- Geranium (restaurant), a restaurant in Denmark
See also
[edit]- Geranium oil, oil produced from Pelargonium graveolens
- List of Geranium species