Geranium cinereum

Geranium cinereum, the ashy cranesbill, is a species of flowering plant in the family Geraniaceae, native to the Pyrenees. Growing to Template:Convert tall and wide, it is a small, deciduous or semi-evergreen perennial usually grown for low ground cover, rockeries or underplanting larger subjects like roses. Leaves are deeply divided and grey-green – whence the Latin specific epithet cinereum "ash-grey".<ref name=RHSLG>Template:Cite book</ref> It flowers in summer, with striking black-eyed flowers with black stamens. The plant grows in full sunlight, and is hardy down to Template:Convert.

In cultivation in the UK the following cultivars in the Cinereum Group have been given a Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit:-<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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External links

• Geranium cinereum in CatalogueoflifeTemplate:Dead link