Scientific Name: Geranium robertianum
Common Name: Robert geranium, herb Robert
Family Name: Geraniaceae
Origin: Africa - northern, Central / west Asia, Europe, North America
Hardiness Zone: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C)
Plant Type: Annual (true), Biennial, Herbaceous perennial, Weed (horticultural)
Mature Size: 0.1 - 0.2m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width)
Habit: Spreading, Upright
Form: Mounded, Round
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Attract beneficial insects, Herb
Exposure: Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade
Soil or Media: Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained
Leaves: Dissected, Compound, Basal, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Distinctive smell, Trifoliate (ternate), Ovate, Dentate
Flowers: Flowers solitary, Pink, Magenta, May-Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct
Fruit: Schizocarp, Red, Brown, Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct-Nov
Key ID Features:
Mounding herbaceous perennial; leaves basal, most trifolate, leaflets ovate, most 3-5cm long x 2-4cm wide, incised and deeply lobed and dentate; flowers ~1.5cm wide, 5 petals, light pink.