Dusky crane's-bill Geranium phaeum

Features

Geranium phaeum, commonly called dusky crane's-bill, mourning widow or black widow, is a herbaceous plant species in the family Geraniaceae.

Species	Perrenial
Living space	Bright forest, Deciduous forest, Treeline
Size	up to 60 cm

Description

The stem is protruding long-haired. It is leafy with large, 5 to 10 cm wide, alternately arranged leaves, which are divided in half into seven cloths. It has dark purple to brown-purple flowers. Its broad corolla leaves are distinctly pointed at the apex, 10 to 12 mm long and considerably longer than the sepals. The corolla is wheeled outstretched or even slightly folded back. It grows on fresh, nitrogen-rich soils. It is quite rare in the Primorska region, the Julian Alps and the Slovenian part of the Dinaric Alps, while it is widespread and common in the rest of Slovenia. It was also used in folk medicine to relieve gastrointestinal problems, vascular disease and depression. Habitat: moist meadows, tall stems, bushy places and forest edges