Geranium platypetalum

Geranium platypetalum, commonly called glandular crane's-bill[1] or broad-petaled geranium, is a herbaceous plant species in the family Geraniaceae.[2] It is native to Iran, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and the Russian Federation, and is cultivated as a garden subject, under a number of different cultivar names. It has blue-colored flowers.[3]

Geranium platypetalum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Geraniales
Family: Geraniaceae
Genus: Geranium
Species:
G. platypetalum
Binomial name
Geranium platypetalum
Fisch. & C. A. Mey.

References

  1. "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  2. "Geranium platypetalum". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  3. Phillips, Ellen; Colston Burrell, C. (1993), Rodale's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Perennials, Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale Press, pp. 373–76, ISBN 0875965709


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