Geranium maderense
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Geranium maderense, known as giant herb-Robert<ref name=BSBI07>Template:BSBI 2007</ref> or the Madeira cranesbill, is a species of flowering plant in the family Geraniaceae, native to the island of Madeira. It is sometimes confused with another Madeira endemic, Geranium palmatum.<ref name = FRUS>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Growing to Template:Convert tall and wide, it is a mound-forming evergreen perennial with deeply divided ferny leaves. Spectacular pink flowers on hairy red stems are produced in large panicles in summer.<ref name=RHSAZ>Template:Cite book</ref> It is grown as an ornamental plant in temperate regions, where it is hardy in mild or coastal areas down to Template:Convert. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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