Scientific Name:	Geranium phaeum
Pronunciation:	jur-AY-nee-um FEE-um
Common Name:	mourning widow
Family Name:	Geraniaceae
Plant Type:	Herbaceous perennial
Key ID Features:	Leaves basal, lobed, 10-15 (-20 cm) wide when mature; flowers deep maroon-purple flowers, about 2 cm wide.
Course(s):	not used (on campus)

Habit: Upright Form: Mounded, Oval - vertical Texture: Medium - coarse Mature Size: Height: 0.4 - 0.7m Spread: 0.3 - 0.6m Growth Rate: Fast Origin: Central / west Asia, Europe Hardiness Rating: Zone 4: (-34 to -29 C) Exposure: Deep shade, Filtered shade, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Well-drained Water Use: Low Landscape Uses: Attract beneficial insects, Container planting, Filler, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Spring interest, Woodland margin Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Form: Lobed Arrangement: Basal Texture/ Venation: Palmate venation, Soft flexible Surfaces: Pubescent Colour in Fall: Green Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Ovate Apices: Rounded Bases: Peltate Margins: Dentate, Pinnately lobed

Inflorescence Type: Floriferous, Flowers solitary Flower Morphology: Number of Petals: 5 Corolla Shape: Rotate/stellate Ovary Position: Superior Colour (petals): Showy, Purple Flower Scent: None Flower Time at Peak: May, Jun

Fruit Type: Schizocarp, Achene Fruit Colour: Brown Fruiting Time: Additional Info: Not showy

Bark or Stem Colour:     Organ Modifications: Fibrous-like roots, Rhizomes

Propagation:	Seed, Division - below ground parts
Plant Care:
Maintenance:	Low
Pest Susceptibility:	Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Deer resistant, Rabbit resistant, Drought resistant, Bacterial leaf spot, Leaf miner insect, Mildew, Mold, Slugs or snails

Location(s): (GRB) GRass Bed : east Location Map

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