Geranium dalmaticum
| Geranium dalmaticum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Geraniales |
| Family: | Geraniaceae |
| Genus: | Geranium |
| Species: | G. dalmaticum |
| Binomial name | |
| Geranium dalmaticum (Beck) Rech.f. | |
Geranium dalmaticum, commonly called Dalmatian cranesbill, is a species of hardy flowering herbaceous perennial plant in the genus Geranium in the Geraniaceae family.[1] It is native to Dalmatia. It is cultivated as a garden subject in temperate regions for its low mounding habit and soft mauve colored flowers.[2] The palmately lobed glossy green leaves are tinted red in the Autumn.[3] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[4]
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- ↑ http://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/387082
- ↑ Phillips, Ellen; Colston Burrell, C. (1993), Rodale's illustrated encyclopedia of perennials, Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale Press, pp. 373–76, ISBN 0-87596-570-9
- ↑ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
- ↑ "Geranium dalmaticum AGM". RHS Plant Finder. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
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