Geranium endressii
| Geranium endressii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Geraniales |
| Family: | Geraniaceae |
| Genus: | Geranium |
| Species: | G. endressii |
| Binomial name | |
| Geranium endressii J. Gay | |
Geranium endressii, commonly called Endres cranesbill or French crane's-bill, is a species of hardy flowering herbaceous perennial plant in the genus Geranium, Geraniaceae family.[1]
It is native to the Western Pyrenees in Spain, and is cultivated as a garden subject. It has a mounding to sprawling habit, therefore is useful as groundcover in light shade. The flowers are soft pink with red veins.[2][3]
This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[4]
References
- ↑ Agricultural Research Service "GRIN Taxonomy for plants - Geranium endressii" Check
|url= - ↑ 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.
- ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Geranium endressii". Retrieved 20 June 2013.
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