Geranium phaeum

Geranium phaeum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Geraniales
Family:	Geraniaceae
Genus:	Geranium
Species:	G. phaeum
Binomial name
Geranium phaeum L.

Geranium phaeum, commonly called dusky crane's-bill, ^[1] mourning widow or black widow, is a herbaceous plant species in the family Geraniaceae. ^[2] It is native to southern, central, and western Europe, and is cultivated as a garden subject. It has dark violet colored flowers. ^[3] It is unmistakable with dark purple petals turned backwards and with conspicuous projecting stamens and style. Petals crinkly-edged and pointed. Leaves often blotched brown.

The cultivar 'Our Pat' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. ^[4]

References

1. BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
2. "Geranium phaeum". Germplasm Resources Information Network . Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture . Retrieved 16 January 2018.
3. Phillips, Ellen; Colston Burrell, C. (1993), Rodale's illustrated encyclopedia of perennials, Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale Press, pp. 373–76, ISBN   0875965709
4. "Geranium phaeum 'Our Pat'". RHS. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

• A Concise Guide to The Flowers of Britain and Europe, Oleg Polunin, Oxford University Press, paperback reprint 1987, ISBN   0-19-217630-7