Scientific Name: Geranium psilostemon
Common Name: Armenian cranesbill
Family Name: Geraniaceae
Origin: Central / west Asia
Hardiness Zone: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C)
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Size: 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width)
Habit: Spreading
Form: Mounded
Texture: Coarse
Landscape Uses: Attract beneficial insects, Perennial border, Summer interest
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media:
Leaves: Simple, Lobed, Dissected, Opposite, Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Palmate venation, Orbicular, Double serrate, Palmately lobed
Flowers: Cyme, Pink, Magenta, May-Jun-Jul-Aug
Fruit: Schizocarp, Brown, Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Leaves basal, cordate, lobed, toothed, 15-20cm wide, stem leaves smaller; flowers petals purplish-pink with black veins and spot, 3cm wide, June to August.