Geraniales: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	geranium order

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Impatiens walleriana

Close-up of a Sticky Purple Geranium (Geranium viscosissimum) flower with pale purple petals and yellow stamens, set against a blurred green background.

Honey bush (Melianthus major)

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Topics

Ledocarpaceae Geraniaceae Francoaceae Melianthaceae Melianthus Bersama geranium geranium storksbill aromatic geranium Rosales Sapindales Myrtales Fabales Brassicales Malvales Cucurbitales Celastrales Crossosomatales Vitales

Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap

Plants: From Cute to Carnivorous