Geranium pusillum
Common names
small-flowered cranesbill
Family
Geraniaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites
NVS code
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GERPUS
Conservation status
Not applicable
Flower colours
Violet/Purple
Year naturalised
1926
Origin
.Europe, temperate W. Asia eastwards to Himalaya
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.
pusillum: Insignificant, weak