Geranium ×cantabrigiense Yeo

Low, aromatic, trailing herb to 30 cm tall. Leaves 3-9 cm wide with 7 main divisions, each with 3 main lobes that are generally toothed. Flower clusters of 5-10 flowers. Flowers 2.5-3 cm wide, sterile; spring. Petals pink, or white suffused with pink at the base.

A hybrid, G. dalmaticum × G. macrorrhizum, that has arisen on several different occasions.

Source: Francis, D.; Rodgers, I.; Scriven, A.; Spencer, R. (2002). Geraniaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 4. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 3. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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Geranium ×cantabrigiense 'Biokovo'

Long-creeping, forming an open mat. Petals white with some pink at the base of the blade. Seed not formed.

Discovered near Makarska, in the Biokova (Biokovo) Mountains, S Dalmatia, Croatia, by nurseryman Hans Simon of Marktheidenfeld, Germany, who introduced it to commerce. ['Biokova']

kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Rosanae
order      Geraniales
family       Geraniaceae
genus        Geranium L.