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|species=ibericum
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|common_name=Caucasus Geranium, Caucasian Cranesbill, Iberian Geranium
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'''''Geranium ibericum''''', commonly called '''Caucasian Cranesbill''' or (in North America) '''Caucasus Geranium''' or '''Iberian Geranium''', is a herbaceous [[plant]] species in the [[Geraniaceae]] family. It is native from Western Asia, including [[Turkey]] and the [[Caucasus]],<ref>http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?419</ref> and is cultivated as a garden subject. It has a dense mounding habit, and violet colored flowers.<ref name=Phillips1993>{{Citation | last1 = Phillips | first1 = Ellen | last2 = Colston Burrell | first2 = C. | year = 1993 | title = Rodale's illustrated encyclopedia of perennials | pages = 373–76 | isbn = 0875965709 | publisher = Rodale Press| location = Emmaus, Pa.}}</ref>
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Geranium ibericum, Cav. Iberian Crane's-bill. From 1-1 ½ ft. high: st. erect and leafless below, above dichotomously branched, villous: lvs. opposite, 5-7-parted. with deeply cut lobes and toothed lobules: fls. 1 in. across, in showy, open panicles, violet. July, Aug. Iberia. Gn. 71, p. 167. B.M. 1386. S. 84. Var. album, with white fls., is rare but known by some dealers. Var. platypetalum (G. platypetalum, Fisch. & Mey.). Slightly shorter than the parent, with lvs. less deeply lobed and lobes less pointed: fls. deeper and richer in color, and also larger. G.M. 52:61. Gn. 76, p. 108. G. 3:293;9:686.
Geranium ibericum, Cav. Iberian Crane's-bill. From 1-1 ½ ft. high: st. erect and leafless below, above dichotomously branched, villous: lvs. opposite, 5-7-parted. with deeply cut lobes and toothed lobules: fls. 1 in. across, in showy, open panicles, violet. July, Aug. Iberia. Gn. 71, p. 167. B.M. 1386. S. 84. Var. album, with white fls., is rare but known by some dealers. Var. platypetalum (G. platypetalum, Fisch. & Mey.). Slightly shorter than the parent, with lvs. less deeply lobed and lobes less pointed: fls. deeper and richer in color, and also larger. G.M. 52:61. Gn. 76, p. 108. G. 3:293;9:686.
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