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Geranium macrorrhizum (Bigroot Geranium)

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Geranium macrorrhizum is a species of hardy flowering herbaceous perennial plant in the genus Geranium, Geraniaceae family. It is native to the South east Alps and the Balkans. Its common names include bigroot geranium, Bulgarian geranium, and rock crane's-bill.(See also: List of compounds with carbon number 15)\n
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Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Scent [2]  The leaves are very aromatic.
Structure [3]  Herb
Usage [2]  The very aromatic leaves have been used in the past as a source of geranium oil; They are used in pot-pourri and perfumery; A good dense ground cover plant; A very effective weed smotherer; Plants grow rampantly, rooting as they spread; They should be spaced about 60cm apart each way;
Height [2]  20 inches (0.5 m)
Width [2]  24 inches (0.6 m)
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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0