Geranium pratense
| Geranium pratense | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Geraniales |
| Family: | Geraniaceae |
| Genus: | Geranium |
| Species: | G. pratense |
| Binomial name | |
| Geranium pratense L. | |
Geranium pratense, the meadow crane's-bill[1] or meadow geranium,[2] is a species of hardy flowering herbaceous perennial plant in the genus Geranium and family Geraniaceae.[3]
Description
The leaves are deeply divided into 7-9 lobes and 3-6 inch wide and the flowers are pale blue, although getting paler into the centre. The flowers have 5 petals, which sometimes have veins. The stamens have pink-purple stalks with dark purple anthers.
Distribution
It is native to much of Europe and Asia, but is cultivated and naturalized elsewhere.[4][2] Several cultivars are available for garden use, of which 'Mrs Kendall Clark'[5] and 'Plenum violaceum'[6] have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Names
Meadow cranesbill is its most common name, although other names include 'meadow crane's-bill' and 'meadow geranium'.
References
- ↑ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- 1 2 "Geranium pratense". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ↑ Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. and Warburg, E.F. 1968. Excursion Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0 521 04656 4
- ↑ Geranium pratense L., GRIN Taxonomy for Plants
- ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Geraium pratense 'Mrs Kendal Clark'". Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Geranium pratense 'Plenum violaceum'". Retrieved 20 June 2013.
