Geraniaceae - wild flowers of the Cranesbill family

These thumbnail pictures have links to larger photographs and information about each of the species, their habitat needs and an identification guide.

Geranium lucidum
Shining
cranesbill

Geranium robertianum
Herb
robert

Geranium pratense
Meadow
cranesbill

Geranium dissectum
Cut-leaved
cranesbill

The cranesbills and storksbills have pink, red, mauve or blue five-petalled flowers. They get their common name from the long, pointed beak at the tip of the seedpod. Cultivated flowers that many people call 'geraniums' are really pelargoniums; they were not derived from wild geraniums of the cranesbill family.