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Plant Id?solved! GERANIUM-x-CANTABRIGIENSE-BIOKOVA

 
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This is growing in my front yard.
It might be a trashed plant I rescued, I'm not sure:

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Shining cranesbill (Geranium lucidum)
 
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It looks like a wild-type geranium to me.
 
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This is wild geranium-

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You can see the leaves are much different...
 
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This is a great lead William!
I need to examine the flowers again to be certain
 
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cranesbill is in the Geranium genus. it’s effectively a wild geranium. you’re both right.
 
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My first thought is a type of mallow.  
 
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I think I agree with SH; the stamens are probably too long for a Geranium.
 
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Geranium is the genus

"Wild" and "cranesbill" are the botanical names



 
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The mallow leaf is quite a bit different -

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i have had another look at the Geranimums in the garden and I think I was mistaken about Malvas. The stamens (?stamina?) still look rather long to me, but the pistil looks right, with that five‑pointed tip. Garanium seed pods have a very characteristic shape, hence the name cranesbill. Any change of a photo of the seed pods please?
 
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Based on the leads I got here I searched for white flowered pink stamens geraniums.
Geranium x cantabrigiense ‘Biokovo' matches the flowers quite closely.
Leaves as well!
The bumblebees love it.
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Biokova from an online source
Biokova from an online source
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My "Biokova"
My "Biokova"
 
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glad you’re feeling good about your id, william!

William Kellogg wrote:
Geranium is the genus

"Wild" and "cranesbill" are the botanical names



this distinction makes no sense to me. the binomial of genus and species is generally what is referred to as a botanical (or scientific) name. ‘wild’ and ‘cranesbill’ are common names. none of that changes the fact that cranesbill is a kind of wild Geranium.
 
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Agree; cranesbill is a, “common name,” and there are several types of the genus in the wild. In a month's time I hope to be at Upper Inglesham (near Swindon) and there are lots of Geranium prantense growing in the verges of the A361 towards Highworth. They sort of overwhem the other plants there.

Adjacent to the organic farm on the same road (A361) there is a ¼ mile with hundreds and hundreds of tall yellow Scabious plants in the verge. A spectacular sight. It's some sort of Scabiosa or other; we have a few of the same plant ourselves.
 
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Royal Horitcultural Society link about Geranium x cantabrigiense
 
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I think the other William has the positive ID

Common name Biokovo Cranesbill

Botanical name Geranium cantabrigiense

And I guess its safe to say its not wild since its a
Sterile hybrid.

I think I confused myself and learned alot, thanks.

 
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Although Geranium Biokovo also occurs in nature when Geranium dalmaticum and Geranium macrorrhizum meet, so maybe that's what happened...
 
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