Biology:Geranium phaeum

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Geranium phaeum
Geranium phaemum (bodziszek żałobny) 03.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Geraniales
Family: Geraniaceae
Genus: Geranium
Species:
G. phaeum
Binomial name
Geranium phaeum

Geranium phaeum, commonly called dusky crane's-bill,[1] mourning widow or black widow, is a herbaceous plant species in the family Geraniaceae.[2] It is native to southern, central, and western Europe, and is cultivated as a garden subject. It has dark violet colored flowers.[3] It is unmistakable with dark purple petals turned backwards and with conspicuous projecting stamens and style. Petals crinkly-edged and pointed. Leaves often blotched brown.

The cultivar 'Our Pat' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[4]

References

  1. (xls) BSBI List 2007, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, https://bsbi.org/download/3542/, retrieved 2014-10-17 
  2. {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Geranium phaeum | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 16 January 2018 }}
  3. Phillips, Ellen; Colston Burrell, C. (1993), Rodale's illustrated encyclopedia of perennials, Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale Press, pp. 373–76, ISBN 0875965709 
  4. "Geranium phaeum 'Our Pat'". RHS. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/181281/Geranium-phaeum-Our-Pat/Details. Retrieved 14 July 2020. 
  • A Concise Guide to The Flowers of Britain and Europe, Oleg Polunin, Oxford University Press, paperback reprint 1987, ISBN:0-19-217630-7

Wikidata ☰ Q158542 entry