Geranium robertianum
Common name
Herb Robert
Family
Geraniaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Dicotyledonous Herbs other than Composites
NVS code
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GERROB
Conservation status
Not assessed
Flower colours
Red/Pink, Violet/Purple
Year naturalised
1878
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.