Geranium pratense
Common name
meadow cranesbill
Family
Geraniaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites
Conservation status
Not applicable
Flower colours
Blue, White
Year naturalised
1877
Origin
Temperate Eurasia
Etymology
geranium: From the Greek geranos ‘crane’, the fruit of the plant resembling the head and beak of this bird, hence the common name cranesbill.