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Geraniaceae

Meadow geranium

Geranium pratense L.

Family
Geraniaceae
Genus
Geranium

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Meadow geranium (Geranium pratense)
FlowerPhoto: Kieran Roy Powell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (34)
Arabic
غرنوقي مرجي
arz
غرنوقى مرجى
ba
Туғай яраны
Bulgarian
Син здравец
Catalan
Agulles, Candelers, Forquetes, Gerani de prat
Chinese
草原老鸛草, 草原老鹳草, 老鹳草, 草地老鹳草, 草地老鹳草*(草原老鹳草）, 草甸老鹳草, 血见愁老鹳草
Czech
Kakost luční
Danish
Eng-Storkenæb
Dutch
Beemdooievaarsbek, Weide-ooievaarsbek
English
Meadow geranium, Meadow crane's-bill, Meadow crane's bill, Meadow cranesbill
Estonian
Aas-kurereha
Finnish
Kyläkurjenpolvi
French
Géranium des prés
German
Wiesen-Storchschnabel, Wiesenstorchschnabel
hsb
Łučna pyskawa
Hungarian
Mezei gólyaorr
Icelandic
Garðablágresi
Irish
Crobh gorm
kw
Gelvin garan pras
Latvian
Pļavas gandrene, Pļavas gerānija, Pļavas ģerānija
Lithuanian
Pievinis snaputis
Norwegian Bokmål
Engstorkenebb
Norwegian Nynorsk
Engstorkenebb
os
Калмгæрдæг
Persian
شمعدانی وحشی
Polish
Bodziszek łąkowy
Romanian
Greghetin
Russian
Герань луговая, Журавельник луговой
Slovak
Pakost lúčny
Spanish
Geranio quinto, Geranio de prado, Pico de cigüeña quinto, Geranio de los prados, Pico de ciguena quinto, Pico de cigueña quinto, Pico de cigüena quinto
Swedish
Ängsnäva
tyv
Шык гераны
Ukrainian
Герань лучна
Welsh
Pig-yr-aran y weirglodd, Garanbig y weirglodd

Synonyms

  • Geranium acknerianum Schur
  • Geranium aconitifolium Eichw.
  • Geranium affine Ledeb.
  • Geranium alpinum Kit. ex Kanitz
  • Geranium altaicum Patrin
  • Geranium asiaticum var. dissectum (Serg.) Krylov
  • Geranium batrachioides Cav.
  • Geranium batrachioides Bubani
  • Geranium batrachioides Cav.
  • Geranium batrachioides Bubani ex R.Knuth
  • Geranium batrachioides f. subhirtum Rupr. ex Woronow
  • Geranium batrachioides var. cyanostemon Rupr.
  • Geranium caeruleum Gilib.
  • Geranium clarkei Yeo
  • Geranium finitimum Woronow
  • Geranium finitimum f. subeglandulosum Woronow
  • Geranium kashmirianum Sapru & S.K.Raina
  • Geranium kemulariae Kharadze
  • Geranium lahulense V.Wagh & Hurrah
  • Geranium leucanthum Andrz. ex Trautv.
  • Geranium mariae Sennen
  • Geranium melananthos Steven ex Rupr.
  • Geranium napellifolium Schur
  • Geranium neapolitanum Nyman
  • Geranium palustre subsp. transbaicalicum (Serg.) Gubanov
  • Geranium pinetophilum R.Knuth
  • Geranium pratense f. albiflora Q.Zhu & J.Wang
  • Geranium pratense f. lanigera H.J.Coste ex Sennen
  • Geranium pratense f. lanigera Coste ex Sennen
  • Geranium pratense f. leucanthemum B.Boivin
  • Geranium pratense f. molle Serg.
  • Geranium pratense f. pratense
  • Geranium pratense f. rigidulum Serg.
  • Geranium pratense f. subeglandulosum Rupr. ex Woronow
  • Geranium pratense subsp. finitimum R.Knuth
  • Geranium pratense subsp. ruprechtii Woronow
  • Geranium pratense subsp. sergievskajae Peschkova
  • Geranium pratense subsp. stewartianum Y.J.Nasir
  • Geranium pratense subsp. typicum Woronow ex R.Knuth
  • Geranium pratense var. affine (Ledeb.) C.C.Huang & L.R.Xu

and 49 more.

Flowers

In flower
June to August (from 5,212 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Plant problems

Photos

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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.