Geranium phaeum
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| Geranium phaeum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Order: | Geraniales |
| Family: | Geraniaceae |
| Genus: | Geranium |
| Species: | G. phaeum |
| Binomial name | |
| Geranium phaeum L. |
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Geranium phaeum, commonly called Dusky Cranesbill, Mourning Widow or Black Widow, is a herbaceous plant species in the Geraniaceae family.[1] It is native from southern, central, and western Europe, and is cultivated as a garden subject. It has dark violet colored flowers.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?408061
- ^ 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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