{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox | image = Botanischer Garten Funchal IMG 1757.JPG | status = CR | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Fernandes, F. |date=2011 |title=''Geranium maderense'' |volume=2011 |article-number=e.T162102A5537899 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T162102A5537899.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Geranium | species = maderense | authority = Yeo }}
'''''Geranium maderense''''', known as '''giant herb-Robert'''<ref name=BSBI07>{{BSBI 2007 |access-date=2014-10-17}}</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>{{cite web | url = https://frustratedgardener.com/2012/06/06/geranium-palmatum-versus-geranium-maderense/ | title = Geranium palmatum versus Geranium maderense | publisher = The Frustrated Gardener | date = 6 June 2012 | access-date = 13 July 2020}}</ref>
Growing to {{convert|120|-|150|cm|0|abbr=on}} tall and wide, it is a mound-forming evergreen biennial or triennial with deeply divided ferny leaves. Spectacular pink flowers on hairy red stems are produced in large panicles in summer.<ref name=RHSAZ>{{cite book|title=RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants|year=2008|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|location=United Kingdom|isbn=978-1-4053-3296-5|page=1136}}</ref> It is grown as an ornamental plant in temperate regions, where it is hardy in mild or coastal areas down to {{convert|-5 |C|F|abbr=on}}. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.<ref>{{cite web|title=''Geranium maderense'' AGM|url= https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/7896/Geranium-maderense/Details|work=RHS Plant Finder|publisher=Royal Horticultural Society|access-date=14 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf | title = AGM Plants - Ornamental | date = July 2017 | page = 43 | publisher = Royal Horticultural Society | access-date = 2 March 2018}}</ref>
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==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{cite web |url=http://greenhouse.ucdavis.edu/files/botnot_01-02.00.pdf |title=The Madeira Island Geranium:Geranium maderense |publisher=university of california davis botanical conservatory |access-date=12 June 2013 }} thumb|''Geranium maderense'', Palheiro Gardens, Madeira|left
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maderense Category:Endemic flora of Madeira Category:Garden plants of Europe Category:Habitats Directive species
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