| Scientific Name: | Geranium pratense |
| Common Name: | meadow cranesbill |
| Family Name: | Geraniaceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia, Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Irregular |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Group or mass planting, Perennial border, Rock garden, Spring interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Dissected, Opposite, Soft flexible, Palmate venation, Pubescent, Orbicular, Incised, Palmately lobed |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, Blue, Violet, Purple, Pink, Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Schizocarp, Green, Dark-red, Jul-Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves opposite, orbicular, most 6-12cm wide, deeply divided into 7-9 lobes, pubescent, margin dentate; flowers 3-4cm wide, 1(-2) per cyme open at once, commonly pale blue-violet (purplish and white cvs.), Jun-Jul, pedicels 1.5-2cm long. | |