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Scientific Name: | Geranium robertianum |
Common Name: | Robert geranium, herb Robert |
Family Name: | Geraniaceae |
Origin: | Africa, B.C. west of Cascades, Europe |
Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
Plant Type: | Annual (true), Biennial, Herbaceous perennial, Weed (horticultural) |
Mature Size: | 0.1 - 0.2m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
Habit: | Spreading, Upright |
Form: | Mounded, Round |
Texture: | Medium - fine |
Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Herb |
Exposure: | Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
Soil or Media: | Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
Leaves: | Dissected, Compound, Basal, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Distinctive smell, Trifoliate (ternate), Ovate, Dentate |
Flowers: | Flowers solitary, Pink, Magenta, May-Oct |
Fruit: | Schizocarp, Red, Brown, May-Oct |
Key ID Features: | |
Mounding herbaceous perennial; leaves basal, mostly trifolate with leaflets deeply lobed, soft, and dentate; flowers small, 5-petaled light pink. |