Common name:
Bloody cranesbill
Family:
Scientific name:
Geranium sanguineum
Main flower color:
Range:
All of the UK, though often only locally common
Height:
Up to 40 cm
Habitat:
Calcareous grassland, open woodland, rocky outcrops, grassy dunes
Flowers:
Solitary, up to 3 cm in diameter, deep pink in colour, with five petals, only very shallowly notched at the tip, and crossed by a few purple veins towards the base. Sepals are green, ridged, hairy, and terminate in a narrow spike
Leaves:
Deeply palmately divided into five or seven parallel-sided lobes, themselves often lobed. Attached by long stalks, and sparsely covered with appressed hairs. Leaf margins are often red
Season:
June to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
