Ivydene Gardens Gentian to Goosefoot Wild Flower Families Gallery:
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Geranium Family:- There are Cranesbills (Geranium) and Storksbills (Erodium) in the Wild Flower Geranium Family. Cranesbills are "non-woody plants whose deeply palmately lobed or cut leaves have stipules at their base. Their flowers are some shade of pink, red, mauve or purple, with 5 petals, 5 petals often ending in a bristle, and prominent stamens. Their fruits have 5 segments curling upwards from the base when ripe, and end in a long pointed beak, whence the name 'crane's bill'. The garden 'Geraniums' mostly belong to the closely related tender genus Pelargonium." Storksbills are "annuals which differ from Cranesbills in their pinnate or toothed leaves, and the long spiral twist to the beak of their fruits. Flowers usually pinkish-purple, with unnotched petals, only half the 10 stamens with anthers." from Collins Pocket Guide to Wild Flowers by David McClintock and R.S.R. Fitter assisted by Francis Rose - ISBN 0 00 219363 9 - Eleventh Impression 1978. Geranium Family plant table with its Common Name - Botanical Name. Flowering Months Range. Habitat with link to that Gentian to Goosefoot Wild Flower Families Gallery:- |
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Common Name |
Botanical Name |
Flowering Months |
Habitat |
CRANESBILLS |
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Bloody Cranesbill |
Geranium sanguineum |
A rhizomatous, perennial herb of base-rich grasslands and scrub, open rocky woodlands, coastal cliffs and stabilised sand dunes; mainly on the coast but also inland on limestone pavements and cliff ledges, and in chalk and limestone grassland. As a native it has a curiously patchy distribution, and is often restricted to localised substrates such as dolerite and serpentine. It also occurs as a garden escape or throw-out on grassy banks, verges, tips and waste ground. 0-420 m (Ingleborough, Mid-W. Yorks.). |
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Flower from County Clare in June |
Flowers |
Foliage from Oxwich Burrows on 11 July |
Form from Poulsallagh on 12 June |
Cut-leaved Cranesbill |
Geranium dissectum |
An annual of grasslands, hedge banks, waysides and waste ground, and a common weed of flower borders, allotments and arable fields. Generally lowland, but reaching 380 m at Braemar (S. Aberdeen). |
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Flower from Rochester in Kent on 28 July |
Flowers from garden in Rochester Kent in June |
Foliage from Rochester on 28 July |
Form from Rochester on 28 July |
Dovesfoot Cranesbill |
Geranium molle |
An annual found in a wide array of open habitats, including dry grasslands, rock outcrops, cultivated land, garden lawns, verges and waste ground. Generally lowland, but reaching 550 m at Moor House (Westmorland). |
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Flower from Borough Green in Kent on 7 May |
Flowers from South Dartmoor in May |
Foliage from Borough Green o 7 May |
Form from Borough Green on 7 May |
Dusky Cranesbill (Brauner Storchschnabel in Germany, brunnäva in Sweden, donkere ooievaarsbek in Dutch) |
Geranium phaeum |
May-June |
This clump-forming perennial herb is well-naturalised on roadsides and railway banks, and in churchyards and wood-borders; it usually grows close to habitation as a garden escape or throw-out but is sometimes deliberately planted in the wild. It favours shaded situations and moist, fertile soils. Lowland. |
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Flower in June |
Flowers in June |
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French Cranesbill |
June-August |
A rhizomatous perennial herb found as a garden escape on grassy or wooded banks and roadsides around habitation; also occurring as a garden throw-out on rubbish tips and waste ground. Lowland. |
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Herb Robert |
An annual or biennial shade-tolerant herb found on a wide range of soil types, except those that are strongly acidic. Its habitats include woods, hedgerows, walls, shaded banks, limestone pavements, screes and coastal shingle; also in disturbed artificial habitats. 0-700 m (Great Dun Fell, Westmorland). |
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Flower in May |
Flowers in May |
Foliage with White Flowers |
Form with White Flowers in June |
Italian Cranesbill (kurjenpolvilaji in Finland, Bodziszek korzeniasty in Poland, Rock Crane's-bill in UK) |
Geranium macrorrhizum |
June-July |
A rhizomatous perennial herb, much grown in gardens and occasionally occurring as an escape or throw-out in hedge banks, open woodland and on roadsides, usually not far from habitation. Lowland. |
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Flower in May |
Flowers in May |
Foliage in May |
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Knotted Cranesbill |
Geranium nodosum |
May-August |
A shortly rhizomatous perennial herb occurring as a garden escape or throw-out in wood-borders, hedgerows, churchyards and in rough grassland on railway banks and roadsides, usually close to habitation. Lowland. |
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Flower in June |
Flowers |
Foliage in June |
Form in June |
Long-stalked Cranesbill |
Geranium columbinum |
May-August |
An annual of dry grasslands and grassland-scrub mosaics. Its habitats include sand dunes, scrubby cliff slopes, hedge banks, field margins, chalk and limestone downland, railway banks and old quarries. It is usually on calcareous soils, and is often a pioneer on disturbed sites. It favours warm, sheltered, often S.-facing banks and hollows. Lowland. |
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Flower from Yorkshire |
Flowers |
Foliage in July |
Form in July |
Little Robin |
Geranium purpureum |
April onwards |
It is an upright annual in stony or rocky places near the sea, on sheltered cliffs, disused railway lines, and particularly by roads and fields on the earth-and-stone sides of Cornish hedge banks. Subsp. forsteri is a prostrate plant of stabilised areas at the top of shingle beaches. Lowland. |
Meadow Cranesbill |
A perennial herb of rough grassland on verges, railway banks and streamsides, and in damp hay meadows and lightly grazed pastures, mainly on calcareous soils. Generally lowland, reaching 375 m at Alston (Cumberland), but exceptionally at 845 m on Great Dun Fell (Westmorland). |
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Flower from Buckinghamshire. Photo by BritishFlora |
Flowers from Buckinghamshire. Photo by BritishFlora |
Foliage from Buckinghamshire. Photo by BritishFlora |
Form from Buckinghamshire. Photo by BritishFlora |
Pencilled Cranesbill |
Geranium versicolor |
May-July |
This rhizomatous perennial herb is a frequent garden escape or throw-out, occurring in grassy places on roadsides and railway banks, in hedge banks and wood-borders, usually close to habitation and showing a strong preference for warm, sheltered, often somewhat shaded situations. Lowland. |
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Flower in July |
Flower in July |
Foliage in July |
Form in July |
Pyrenean Cranesbill |
May onwards |
A perennial herb of hedgerows, roadsides, field margins, rough grassy banks and waste places; often found growing close to habitation, and possibly sometimes occurring as a garden escape or throw-out. Lowland. |
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Flower from Stood in Kent in June |
Flowers from Cuxton in Kent in August |
Foliage from Ashburton in Devon |
Form from Ashburton in Devon in May |
Round-leaved Cranesbill |
Geranium rotundifolium |
June-August |
An annual of hedgerows, dry roadside-banks and wall-tops, especially close to the sea, but spreading to roadside verges, rubble heaps, railway ballast and waste ground. It is also a garden and street weed. Colonies may be very persistent, even where the species is confined to weedy habitats. Lowland. |
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Flower from Strood in Kent in June |
Flowers |
Foliage from Strood in June |
Form from Strood in June |
Shining Cranesbill |
Geranium lucidum |
An annual of roadside-banks, rock outcrops and scree, preferring calcareous soils and characteristic of limestone districts. It is widespread in artificial habitats, including mortared walls, churchyards, roadsides, waste ground and railway ballast; also as an escape from gardens. Generally lowland, but reaching 610 m at Melmerby High Scar (Cumberland). |
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Flower from Monks Dale on 21 May |
Foliage from Monks Dale on 21 May |
Foliage from Lough Aleenaun Clare on 13 June |
Form from Deep Dale in Derbyshire on 26 May |
Small-Flowered Cranesbill (sparvnäva in Sweden, kleine ooievaarsbek in Dutch, Small Geranium in USA) |
Geranium pusillum |
May onwards |
An annual of cultivated land, open summer-droughted grasslands, roadsides and waste places, thriving in well-drained, sandy soils. Lowland. |
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Flower from North Yorkshire in June |
Flowers in June |
Foliage from North Yorkshire in June |
Form from Norfolk in September |
Wood Cranesbill |
Geranium sylvaticum |
June-July |
A stoutly rhizomatous perennial herb of hay meadows, ungrazed damp woodlands, streamsides and mountain rock ledges, and in many areas a characteristic feature of laneside hedge banks and verges. Mainly upland, to 1005 m on Ben Lawers (Mid Perth). |
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Flower in June |
Flower from Liechenstein on 17 May |
Foliage in June |
Form from Vaduz in Liechenstein on 19 May |
STORKSBILLS |
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Common Storksbill |
Erodium cicutarium |
Annuals of well-drained sandy and rocky places, sand dunes, summer-parched grasslands and heaths; they are also found on roadsides, stone walls and railway ballast, and are common wool aliens. Generally lowland, but reaching 420 m on Kirkstone Pass (Westmorland). |
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Flower from Oxwich Burrows on 11 July |
Flowers from Norfolk in June |
Foliage from Kenfig Burrows on 9 July |
Form from Chesil Beach in June |
Musk Storksbill |
Erodium moschatum |
May onwards |
An annual of barish places near the sea, in disturbed sand dunes, on roadsides, wall-tops, field margins and waste ground. In the Isles of Scilly it is a frequent bulb-field weed. It is recorded inland as a casual, sometimes introduced with wool shoddy. Lowland. |
Sea Storksbill |
Erodium maritimum |
An annual of trampled or closely-grazed cliff-top grasslands, disturbed sand dunes and gull-infested sea-cliffs, and around coastal settlements on walls and pavements. Inland, it has been recorded from limestone grassland (Somerset), in heathland areas by sandy tracks and gravel workings and, rarely, as an introduction on railway ballast. Lowland. |
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Common Blue Butterfly on Pyrenean Cranesbill from Ashburton in Devon in May |
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How to grow Geraniums and their landscape uses. |
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If the plant type below has flowers, then the first gallery will include the flower thumbnail in each month of 1 of 6 flower colour comparison pages of each plant in its subsidiary galleries Wild Flower is below The following is a complete hierarchical Plant Selection Process or Topic - Butterfly Wildlife on Plant Photo Gallery Wild Flower You can find the wild flower in one of the 23 Wild Flower Galleries or the Colour Wheel If you know which habitat it lives in, you know which family it belongs to, use you have seen its flower or seed, use you have seen its flower, use Comparison Pages containing Wild Flower Plants and Cultivated Plants in the Colour Wheel Gallery followed by all the Wild Flower Family Pages:- |
There are 180 families in the Wildflowers of the UK and they have been split up into 22 Galleries to allow space for up to 100 plants per gallery. Each plant named in each of the Wildflower Family Pages may have a link to:- its Plant Description Page in its Common Name in one of those Wildflower Plant Galleries and will have links to external sites to purchase the plant or seed in its Botanical Name, to see photos in its Flowering Months and to read habitat details in its Habitat Column. WILD FLOWER FAMILY |
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