Geraniaceae

Roundleaf geranium

Geranium rotundifolium L.

Family: Geraniaceae
Genus: Geranium

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Roundleaf geranium (Geranium rotundifolium) — FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (23)

Arabic: غرنوقي دائري الأوراق
arz: غرنوقى دائرى الاوراق
Belarusian: Герань круглалістая
Bulgarian: Кръглолистен здравец
Chinese: 圆叶老鹳草, 圓葉老鸛草
Croatian: Okruglolisna iglica
Czech: Kakost okrouhlolistý
Dutch: Ronde ooievaarsbek
English: Roundleaf geranium, Round-leaved crane's-bill
Esperanto: Rondfolia geranio
Estonian: Ümaralehine kurereha
Finnish: Pyörökurjenpolvi
French: Géranium à feuilles rondes
German: Rundblättriger Storchschnabel
hsb: Kulojta pyskawa, Kulojte baćonki
Japanese: マルバフウロ
Macedonian: Тркалезнолистен здравец
Persian: سوزنچوپان برگ دایرهای
Slovak: Pakost okrúhlolistý
Slovenian: Okroglolistna krvomočnica
Swedish: Klibbnäva
Ukrainian: Герань круглолиста
Welsh: Pig-yr-aran grynddail

Synonyms

Geranium caeruleum Lam.
Geranium columbinum Garsault
Geranium core Kostel.
Geranium durieui Spach
Geranium malvaceum Burm.f.
Geranium malvaceum Wahlenb.
Geranium malvaceum Wahlenb. ex B.D.Jacks.
Geranium malvifolium Scop.
Geranium pinnatifidum Picard
Geranium pinnatifidum Picard ex B.D.Jacks.
Geranium potentilloides Klotzsch
Geranium propinquum Salisb.
Geranium pusillum var. malvifolium Scop. ex Nyman
Geranium rotundifolium f. albiflora (Rouy) Briq.
Geranium rotundifolium f. albiflora Rouy
Geranium rotundifolium f. sennenii Pau
Geranium rotundifolium f. thurstonii Druce
Geranium rotundifolium f. umbellatum R.Berger
Geranium rotundifolium unranked trichospermum Sanio & Borbás
Geranium rotundifolium var. albiflorum Rouy & Foucaud
Geranium rotundifolium var. albifora Rouy
Geranium rotundifolium var. album Weston
Geranium rotundifolium var. angustifolium Rouy
Geranium rotundifolium var. arenicolum Sennen
Geranium rotundifolium var. barcinonense Sennen
Geranium rotundifolium var. caespitulosum Lojac.
Geranium rotundifolium var. davidovii
Geranium rotundifolium var. elongatum Sennen
Geranium rotundifolium var. genuinum Rouy
Geranium rotundifolium var. glabrescens Murr
Geranium rotundifolium var. grandiflorum Wahlenb.
Geranium rotundifolium var. hungaricum Simonk.
Geranium rotundifolium var. malvifolium Scop. ex Mutel
Geranium rotundifolium var. minus Weston
Geranium rotundifolium var. palmatipartitis Ball
Geranium rotundifolium var. pinnatifidum Picard
Geranium rotundifolium var. strictum Picard
Geranium rotundifolium var. viscossisimum Heldreich
Geranium semiorbiculare hort.
Geranium semiorbiculare Rchb.

and 6 more.

Flowers

In flower: March to May (from 2,505 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

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

Plant problems

Geranium leaves turning yellow indoors: causes and fixesLearn why indoor geranium leaves turn yellow, how to tell overwatering from low-light shock, and the exact steps to restore healthy green growth.

Photos

FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
LeavesPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.