Geranium maderense

Madeira cranesbill
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Geraniales
Family: Geraniaceae
Genus: Geranium
Species: G. maderense
Binomial name
Geranium maderense
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Geranium maderense, known as giant herb-Robert[1] or the Madeira cranesbill, is a species of flowering plant in the Geraniaceae family, native to the island of Madeira. Growing to 120–150 cm (47–59 in) tall and wide, it is a mound-forming evergreen perennial with deeply divided ferny leaves. Spectacular pink flowers on hairy red stems are produced in large panicles in summer.[2] It is grown as an ornamental plant in temperate regions, and has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "BSBI List 2007" (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  2. ↑ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
  3. ↑ "Geranium maderense AGM". RHS Plant Finder. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 27 July 2013.

External links

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"The Madeira Island Geranium:Geranium maderense" (PDF). university of california davis botanical conservatory. Retrieved 12 June 2013. 


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