Geraniaceae
Fls 5-merous, hypog., solitary or in cymes, mostly perfect and regular or nearly so; sepals and petals imbricate; glands of disk 5. Stamens and staminodes in 3 whorls; ovary us. 3-5-celled, long-styled; ovules axile, us. 2 per cell, one maturing. Fr. a lobed beaked capsule, the carpels opening from base to apex; embryo us. curved, endosperm scanty to 0. Herbaceous to shrubby annuals, biennials, or perennials, with alt., stipulate, simple to compound lvs. Some 11 genera of wide distribution, and 750 spp.
