Geranium dalmaticum

Geranium dalmaticum
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]

References

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  1. http://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/387082
  2. Phillips, Ellen; Colston Burrell, C. (1993), Rodale's illustrated encyclopedia of perennials, Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale Press, pp. 373–76, ISBN 0-87596-570-9
  3. RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
  4. "Geranium dalmaticum AGM". RHS Plant Finder. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 27 July 2013.


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