Geranium macrorrhizum L. 'Ingwersen's Variety'
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Geranium macrorrhizum 'Ingwersen's Variety'

Family: GERANIACEAE
Genus: Geranium
Species: macrorrhizum L.
Cultivar: 'Ingwersen's Variety'
Common names: Geranium 'Ingwersen's Variety'
Distribution summary: S.Europe
Habit: Perennial
Hardiness: H5 - Hardy; cold winter
Garden status: Currently grown
Garden location: Plants of the World (D)
Flowering months: June, July, August, September
Reason for growing: Commemorative, medicinal

Additional Notes

Cultivar probably refers to Walter Ingwersen (1883-1960) or one of his family, nurserymen in East Grinstead. b. Hamburg d. E Grinstead. Alpine specialist, collected in Balkans and Caucasus.

Desmond, Ray. (1977). Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturists. Taylor and Francis, London.

In traditional medicine the species of this plant has been used as an aphrodisiac (Usher. G. A Dictionary of Plants Used by Man. Constable 1974)

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Europe, Southwestern Europe

Europe, Southeastern Europe

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