Geraniaceae
Longstalk cranesbill
Geranium columbinum
- Family
- Geraniaceae
- Genus
- Geranium
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Common names
By language (27)
- arz
- ابرة الراعى كولومبين
- Belarusian
- Герань галубіная
- Bulgarian
- Гълъбов здравец
- Catalan
- Pied de pigeon
- Chinese
- 灰毛老鹳草
- Czech
- Kakost holubičí
- Danish
- Storbægret Storkenæb
- Dutch
- Fijne ooievaarsbek
- English
- Longstalk cranesbill, Dove's-foot, Long-stalked Cranesbill, Longstalk Geranium
- Esperanto
- Kolomba geranio
- Estonian
- Kivi-kurereha
- Finnish
- Kivikkokurjenpolvi
- French
- Pied de pigeon, Géranium colombin
- German
- Stein-Storchschnabel, Tauben-Storchschnabel, Pied de pigeon
- hsb
- Skalna pyskawa
- Italian
- Geranio colombino
- Latvian
- Baložu gandrene
- Lithuanian
- Pied de pigeon
- Macedonian
- Гулабов здравец
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Steinstorkenebb
- Polish
- Bodziszek gołębi
- Portuguese
- Bico-de-pomba-maior
- Slovak
- Pakost holubí
- Slovenian
- Golobja krvomočnica
- Spanish
- Pie de paloma
- Swedish
- Duvnäva, Duv-Näva, Pied de pigeon
- Welsh
- Pig-yr-aran hirgoes
Synonyms
- Geranium columbinum f. longiaristatum Pau
- Geranium columbinum f. montanum Porcius ex Panțu
- Geranium columbinum f. montanum Porc. ex Panţu
- Geranium columbinum var. album Humn. ex Nyman
- Geranium columbinum var. corsicum Chabert
- Geranium columbinum var. diffusum Picard
- Geranium columbinum var. holopetalum Griseb.
- Geranium columbinum var. mariolense Rigual
- Geranium columbinum var. nanum Gaudin
- Geranium diffusum Picard
- Geranium diffusum Picard ex B.D.Jacks.
- Geranium pallidum Salisb.
- Geranium roseo-caeruleis Gilib.
- Geranium roseocaeruleum Gilib.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 903 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Plant problems
Photos
FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Emanuele Santarelli, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Наталья Пикалова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Luis Fernández García, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Delon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Olivier Pichard, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.