Scientific Name: Geranium sanguineum
Common Name: bloody cranesbill
Family Name: Geraniaceae
Origin: Central / west Asia, Europe
Hardiness Zone: Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C)
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Size: 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width)
Habit: Spreading
Form: Mounded
Texture: Medium
Landscape Uses: Attract beneficial insects, Ground cover, Perennial border, Summer interest
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media:
Leaves: Simple, Lobed, Dissected, Opposite, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Orbicular, Incised, Palmately lobed
Flowers: Cyme, White, Violet, Pink, Magenta, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep
Fruit: Schizocarp, Dark-red, Brown, Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Leaves with five lobes with each split into three large teeth; flowers of species purple 2.5-4cm wide.