Geranium himalayense

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|image = Geranium_himalayense,_Cloppenburg_(DE)_P6244293.jpg

|genus = Geranium

|species = himalayense

|authority = Klotzsch

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Geranium himalayense (common names Himalayan crane's-bill{{BSBI 2007 |accessdate=2014-10-17 }} or lilac cranesbill) is a species of hardy flowering herbaceous perennial plant in the genus Geranium, family Geraniaceae.{{GRIN | accessdate=27 July 2013}} It is native to West Himalaya, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Tibet, and Uzbekistan.{{Cite web |title=Geranium himalayense Klotzsch {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:373138-1 |access-date=2022-07-03 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}}

It has a sprawling habit, violet-blue flowers and deeply cut palmate foliage.{{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.}} It grows in alpine and subalpine meadows.{{Cite web |title=Geranium himalayense in Flora of China @ efloras.org |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242323250 |access-date=2022-07-03 |website=www.efloras.org}}