Geranium endressii

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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| genus = Geranium

| species = endressii

| authority = J.Gay

| synonyms ={{species list|Geranium palustre subsp. endressii|(J.Gay) Bonnier & Layens}}

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Geranium endressii, commonly called Endres cranesbill or French crane's-bill, is a species of hardy flowering herbaceous or semi-evergreen perennial plant in the genus Geranium, family Geraniaceae.{{GRIN | access-date=20 June 2013}}{{cite web |url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:373013-1 |title= Geranium endressii J.Gay |author= |date=n.d. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=April 10, 2024}}{{cite web |url= https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/6KDVG |title= Geranium endressii J.Gay |author= |date=n.d. |website=Catalogue of Life |publisher=Species 2000 |access-date=April 10, 2024}}

It is native to the Western Pyrenees in Spain, and is cultivated as a garden subject. Growing to {{convert| 75|cm|in|abbr=on}} tall and broad, it has a mounding to sprawling habit, therefore is useful as groundcover in light shade. The leaves are deeply divided and the flowers are soft pink with red veins.{{Citation | last1 = Phillips | first1 = Ellen | last2 = Colston Burrell | first2 = C. | year = 1993 | title = Rodale's illustrated encyclopedia of perennials | pages = 373–76 | isbn = 0-87596-570-9 | publisher = Rodale Press| location = Emmaus, Pa.}}{{cite book|title=RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants|year=2008|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|location=United Kingdom|isbn=978-1405332965|pages=1136}} It is very hardy, down to at least {{convert|-20 |C|F|abbr=on}} and possibly less.

The cultivar ‘Castle Drogo’{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/43939/i-Geranium-endressii-i-Castle-Drogo/Details | title = RHS Plantfinder - Geranium endressii 'Castle Drogo'| access-date = 27 February 2018}} has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.{{cite web | url= https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf | title = AGM Plants - Ornamental | date = July 2017 | page = 42 | publisher = Royal Horticultural Society | access-date = 1 March 2018}}

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endressii

Category:Flora of France

Category:Flora of the Pyrenees

Category:Flora of Spain

Category:Garden plants of Europe

Category:Taxa named by Jaques Étienne Gay

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