Geranium
E1039585
Geranium is a large genus of flowering plants commonly known as cranesbills, valued in gardens for their attractive, often deeply lobed leaves and long-lasting blooms.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Geranium canonical | 3 |
| Geranium (genus) | 1 |
| Geranium endressii | 1 |
| Geranium robertianum | 1 |
| Geranium sanguineum | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13395395 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Geranium Context triple: [Geraniaceae, typeGenus, Geranium]
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A.
Dianthus
Dianthus is a genus of flowering plants known for their fragrant, often pink or white, frilled-petal blooms commonly called carnations or pinks.
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B.
Verbena
Verbena is a small unincorporated community and historic town in Chilton County, Alabama, known for its 19th-century resort history and rural character.
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C.
Begonia
Begonia is a large genus of ornamental flowering plants known for their colorful, asymmetrical leaves and showy blooms, widely cultivated as houseplants and garden plants.
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D.
Antigonon
Antigonon is a small genus of flowering vines in the knotweed family Polygonaceae, commonly known for ornamental species like coral vine.
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E.
Campanula
Campanula is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as bellflowers, characterized by their bell-shaped blooms and widespread distribution in temperate regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Geranium Target entity description: Geranium is a large genus of flowering plants commonly known as cranesbills, valued in gardens for their attractive, often deeply lobed leaves and long-lasting blooms.
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A.
Dianthus
Dianthus is a genus of flowering plants known for their fragrant, often pink or white, frilled-petal blooms commonly called carnations or pinks.
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B.
Verbena
Verbena is a small unincorporated community and historic town in Chilton County, Alabama, known for its 19th-century resort history and rural character.
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C.
Begonia
Begonia is a large genus of ornamental flowering plants known for their colorful, asymmetrical leaves and showy blooms, widely cultivated as houseplants and garden plants.
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D.
Antigonon
Antigonon is a small genus of flowering vines in the knotweed family Polygonaceae, commonly known for ornamental species like coral vine.
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E.
Campanula
Campanula is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as bellflowers, characterized by their bell-shaped blooms and widespread distribution in temperate regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (73)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| commonName | cranesbills ⓘ |
| cultivatedAs | ornamental plant ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| differenceFromPelargonium |
flowers with 5 similar petals
ⓘ
mostly hardy in temperate climates ⓘ symmetrical flowers ⓘ |
| etymology | from Greek geranos meaning crane ⓘ |
| family | Geraniaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
blue
ⓘ
pink ⓘ purple ⓘ white ⓘ |
| floweringSeason |
early autumn
ⓘ
late spring ⓘ summer ⓘ |
| fruitCommonNameOrigin | crane-like beak ⓘ |
| fruitFeature | elongated beak-like column ⓘ |
| fruitType | schizocarp ⓘ |
| gardenUse |
border plant
ⓘ
groundcover ⓘ rock garden plant ⓘ |
| growthHabit |
clump-forming
ⓘ
spreading ⓘ |
| habitat |
meadows
ⓘ
rocky slopes ⓘ woodlands ⓘ |
| hasFlower | yes ⓘ |
| hasNotableSpecies |
Geranium endressii
ⓘ
linked to:
Geranium
Geranium macrorrhizum ⓘ Geranium phaeum ⓘ Geranium pratense ⓘ Geranium sanguineum ⓘ
linked to:
Geranium
|
| hasTypeSpecies |
Geranium robertianum
ⓘ
linked to:
Geranium
|
| inflorescenceType | cyme ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | alternate ⓘ |
| leafType | deeply lobed leaves ⓘ |
| lifeForm |
annual plant
ⓘ
biennial plant ⓘ herbaceous perennial ⓘ |
| maintenance | low maintenance plant ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
mountainous regions of the tropics
ⓘ
temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeciesApprox | 300 ⓘ |
| order | Geraniales ⓘ |
| pestResistance | generally pest-resistant ⓘ |
| petalNumber | 5 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| pollinator |
bees
ⓘ
butterflies ⓘ hoverflies ⓘ |
| propagationMethod |
division
ⓘ
seed ⓘ stem cuttings ⓘ |
| seedDispersal | mechanical ejection ⓘ |
| sepalNumber | 5 ⓘ |
| shouldNotBeConfusedWith | Pelargonium ⓘ |
| soilPreference |
moderately fertile soil
ⓘ
well-drained soil ⓘ |
| stamenNumber | 10 ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| tolerates |
cold climates
ⓘ
full sun ⓘ partial shade ⓘ |
| usedFor | ornamental horticulture ⓘ |
| usedIn |
cottage gardens
ⓘ
naturalistic plantings ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1753 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Geranium Description of subject: Geranium is a large genus of flowering plants commonly known as cranesbills, valued in gardens for their attractive, often deeply lobed leaves and long-lasting blooms.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Geranium
linked to: Geranium
linked to: Geranium
linked to: Geranium