Geranium phaeum, L.

15. G. phaeum L. View in CoL View at ENA , Sp. Pl. 681 (1753).

Perennial, with short, stout, oblique rhizome. Stems 40-70 cm, erect, with short glandular and long, patent eglandular hairs. Leaves 6-15 cm wide, divided for c. 70 % of the radius into (5-)7 broadly oblong, weakly pinnatifid lobes. Inflorescence axillary or leaf-opposed, and also terminal, rather lax, many-flowered; pedicels remaining erect after flowering. Sepals 8-9 mm, with arista c. 1 mm, densely glandular-puberulent and also with long eglandular hairs. Petals 8-10 x 6-10 mm, obovate-orbicular, entire, erose or apiculate, patent, blackish- or brownish-purple or ( var. lividum (L’Hér.) DC. ) dull lilac. Mericarps hirsute, with 2-4 strong transverse ridges below the style. 2n = 28. Damp or shady places. C. Europe, extending to the Pyrenees, C. Italy, Bulgaria and the W. borders of U.S.S.R. Frequent also as an escape from gardens both withinthis range and further north. Al Au Bu Cz Ga Ge He Hs Hu It Ju Po Rm Rs (C, W) [Be Br Da Hb Ho Su].