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I am trying to identify a perrenial.
It has most of the characteristics of a hardy
geranium, but
having checked specialist growers I do not recognise
it
there. The flowers are blue/purple, the plant ~ 6"
tall x
~9-12" wide initially, and the flowers are not of
the
cranesbill type. I have seen it growing wild on the
coast.
Any suggestions?

It's a bit on the small size, but is it a Common
Mallow
(Malva sylvestris)? The native(ish) form has pale
red to
rose to lilac flowers, but the Mediterranean form
has
magenta flowers, and might be found as an escape.

The leaves of mallows and geraniums can look very
similar;
it took me a few years to train myself to tell them
apart,
and that's assuming I don't come across anything
exotic. The
distinguishing mark of mallows (including
hibiscuses,
abutilons and the like) is the fusion of the
filaments of
the stamens into a column enclosing the style,
generally
with the free portion of the filaments and the
anthers
clustered at the top of the column.

Possibly.
I saw a blue geranium on the banks of The Tyne today,
so
perhaps it was that after all.

The wild blue-flowered species are Geranium pratense
(Meadow
Cranesbill) and Geranium sylvaticum (Wood Cranesbill).
But you
would have found these in Keble-Martin. (I
photographed one of
these as Allenback back in 2000.) There are other
Well there you go. I drove 60 miles to get these and yes it is a
geranium. ?
http://www.jimscot.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Geranium.htm
Now one of you can have the satisfaction of telling me which
one?

Bloody Cranesbill, Geranium sanguineum, known for its coastal
distribution ("dry rocks and sea cliffs", fide Keble-Martin).

Thanks all. I swear it looked bluer than this (before I had me cataracts
done)

This one is blue - identify please and then I'll go away.
http://www.jimscot.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Geranium_2.htm

Most likely Meadow Cranesbill, Geranium pratense, but there are other
possibilities.
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Stewart Robert Hinsley