Geranium platyanthum

Geranium eriostemon, Fisch. (G. platyanthum, Duthie). St. erect, slender, grooved, from an almost woody base: lvs. kidney-shaped, 5-lobed, sometimes palmately so, the lobes ovate, toothed, the teeth slightly mucronate: fls. corymbose, the sepals ovate, obtuse, very hairy; petals violet-purple, broadly obovate, entire. Native of Siberia and temp. China.—A showy and useful garden plant.