Scientific Name: Geranium macrorrhizum 'Ingwersen's Variety'
Common Name: Ingwersen's Variety bigroot geranium
Family Name: Geraniaceae
Origin: Central / west Asia, Europe, Garden origin
Hardiness Zone: Zone 2: (-46 to -40 °C)
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Size: 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Dense, Spreading
Form: Oval - horizontal
Texture: Medium - coarse
Landscape Uses: Attract beneficial insects, Container planting, Fragrance, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Spring interest, Woodland margin
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Basal, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Distinctive smell, Orbicular, Pinnately lobed
Flowers: Flowers paired, Pink, May-Jun
Fruit: Schizocarp, Brown, Jul
Key ID Features:
Spreading groundcover; leaves are large, orbicular, med-green, lobed (often 7), dentate margins.