Geraniaceae

Small-flowered crane's-bill

Geranium pusillum L.

Family: Geraniaceae
Genus: Geranium

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Small-flowered crane's-bill (Geranium pusillum) — FlowerPhoto: Edoardo Nardelli, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (26)

Belarusian: Герань малая
Bulgarian: Малък здравец
Chinese: 小花尨牛儿苗, 小花尨牛兒苗, 矮老鹳草
Croatian: Mala iglica
Czech: Kakost maličký
Danish: Liden Storkenæb
Dutch: Kleine ooievaarsbek
English: Small-flowered crane's-bill, Small geranium
Estonian: Madal kurereha
Finnish: Pihakurjenpolvi, Matalakurjenpolvi
French: Géranium fluet
German: Kleiner Storchschnabel, Zwerg-Storchschnabel
hsb: Mólička pyskawa, Pyski
Icelandic: Dvergblágresi
Italian: Geranio peloso
Latvian: Sīkā gandrene
Lithuanian: Smulkusis snaputis
Macedonian: Ситноцветен здравец
Norwegian Bokmål: Småstorkenebb
Persian: سوزنچوپان گلریز
Polish: Bodziszek drobny
Slovak: Pakost nízky
Slovenian: Pritlična krvomočnica
Spanish: Aguja de Salamanca
Swedish: Sparvnäva, Sparnäva
Welsh: Pig-yr-aran fân-flodeuog

Synonyms

Geranium circinatum Kit.
Geranium circinatum Kanitz
Geranium delicatulum Ten. & Guss. ex Ten.
Geranium delicatulum
Geranium delicatulum Ten. & Guss.
Geranium divaricatum var. tenuisectum Sennen
Geranium dubium Chaix
Geranium elatum Picard
Geranium elatum Picard ex B.D.Jacks.
Geranium haussknechtii Soó
Geranium humile Cav.
Geranium hybridum Hausskn.
Geranium malvifolium Lam. ex R.Knuth
Geranium multiflorum Lang ex Schur
Geranium parviflorum Curtis
Geranium parviflorum Chevall.
Geranium parviflorum var. humile (Cav.) Chevall.
Geranium pseudopusillum Schur
Geranium pusillum f. axilliflorum (Schur) Gams
Geranium pusillum f. gracillimum (Schur) Gams
Geranium pusillum f. humile Bueck ex Prahl
Geranium pusillum f. majus Schur ex Săvul.
Geranium pusillum f. minus (Fr.) Prahl
Geranium pusillum f. minus Fr.
Geranium pusillum f. rigidum (Schur) Gams
Geranium pusillum f. subcalvum Casp. ex Abrom.
Geranium pusillum subsp. delicatulum (Ten. & Guss.) A.Terracc.
Geranium pusillum subsp. normale A.Terracc.
Geranium pusillum var. albiflorum Schur
Geranium pusillum var. albiflorum Opiz
Geranium pusillum var. album Lindm.
Geranium pusillum var. axilliflorum Schur
Geranium pusillum var. condensatum Druce
Geranium pusillum var. elatum Picard
Geranium pusillum var. exsertum Peterm.
Geranium pusillum var. gracillimum Schur
Geranium pusillum var. humile Picard
Geranium pusillum var. humile (Cav.) Gray
Geranium pusillum var. humile (Cav.) A.Terracc.
Geranium pusillum var. humile (Cav.) DC.

and 9 more.

Flowers

In flower: April to July (from 1,288 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Annual, Biennial
In the US and Canada: Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Greenland: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Plant problems

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Photos

FlowerPhoto: Edoardo Nardelli, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: wilderbombyx, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Igor Balashov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kayla Schmid, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Dilrukshan Priyantha Wijesinghe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Georges Olioso, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Dilrukshan Priyantha Wijesinghe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ziyu Zhang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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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.