Geranium phaeum

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Geranium phaeum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Geraniales
Family: Geraniaceae
Genus: Geranium
Species: G. phaeum
Binomial name
Geranium phaeum
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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

  1. ^ http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?408061
  2. ^ 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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