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, Group or mass planting, Perennial border, Rock garden, Summer interest
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Lobed, Dissected, Opposite, Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Palmate venation, Orbicular, Double serrate, Palmately lobed
Flowers: Cyme, Pink, Magenta, May-Jun-Jul
Fruit: Schizocarp, Brown, Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Leaves basal, orbicular, 15-25cm wide, 5-7 main lobes with margins vurther lobed and dentate, base cordate, stem leaves opposite and smaller; flowers ~3cm wide, petals purplish-pink with black veins and spot, May-Jul.