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Perennial of the Geraniaceae family, Geranium sessiliflorum is native to South America and New Zealand, where it grows in high-altitude meadows, short grasslands, and grassy screes, often in windy and well-drained conditions.
It is a dwarf and creeping plant, forming small spreading rosettes barely 5 to 10 cm high, with stoloniferous stems that allow it to slowly colonize its space. The foliage is its main attraction: the leaves, reniform and deeply lobed, display a bronze-brown to deep chocolate brown color, almost mahogany, with well-marked veins. This dark shade, unusual in the genus, is particularly intense under good light.
The flowers are tiny, white to cream white, with five petals, borne almost flush with the foliage — the name sessiliflorum, with sessile flowers, precisely refers to this prostrate habit. They go almost unnoticed as they are so modest compared to the foliage.
In its natural habitat, its flowering extends from summer to autumn. In cultivation, it is continuous over a long period.
Full sun to intensify the foliage color, well-drained soil, even poor. Excellent rock garden or trough plant, hardy and easy.