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Hedgerow Crane's-bill

Geranium pyrenaicum

Also called Hedgerow Geranium, Pyrenean Cranesbill, Pyrenees Crane's Bill, Pyrenees Geranium

Hedgerow Crane's-bill
Photo: Robert Flogaus-Faust, CC BY 4.0
Family
Geraniaceae (Geranium family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Europe to Iran, NW. Africa
Climate
temperate

About

Geranium pyrenaicum, otherwise known as hedgerow cranesbill or mountain cranesbill is a perennial species of plant in the family Geraniaceae.

It can be found on roadside verges and along hedgerows.

Where it grows

It is probably introduced in England and Wales, where it is fairly common. Elsewhere, it can be found in the southern Alps, the Pyrenees and the Caucasus.

Other Geranium plants

Geranium aculeolatum · Geranium albanum · Geranium antisanae · Hawai'i red cranesbill · Geranium argenteum · Geranium aristatum · Geranium asphodeloides · Bicknell's cranesbill · Geranium bohemicum · Alpine Crane's Bill · Pineywoods geranium · California cranesbill

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Geranium pyrenaicum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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