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Geranium platypetalum

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Geranium platypetalum
Scientific classification Edit this 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.

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]

References

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  1. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  2. ^ "Geranium platypetalum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. 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