Geranium sylvaticum

Geranium sylvaticum - Wood Crane´s-bill/Woodland geranium - Bosooievaarsbek - Géranium des bois - Wald-Storchschnabel
English: Wood Crane´s-bill - Woodland geranium
Nederlands: Bosooievaarsbek
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Français: Géranium des bois
Deutsch: Wald-Storchschnabel

Family: Geraniaceae - Geranium family
Flowering time: June-August
Height: 20-80cm
Altitude: to 2300m
Colour: reddish-purple, pinkish-lilac, bluish, often with a whitish centre
Habitat: meadows, pastures, damp woodland, rocky habitats
Distribution: northern and central Europe, in the south in mountainous areas
Note: one of many Geranium species which are valued in gardens; naturalized in the Netherlands
Synonym: Geranium sylvaticum subsp. sylvaticum





Related key words: Pyrenees, Pyreneeën, Pirineos, Ibón de Remuñe, Llanos del Hospital (Benasque), Portilla de Eraice (Roncal), Barranco de Soba (Sallent de Gállego), Alps, alpine plant, butterfly