SimplePlant

Geraniaceae

Bloody geranium

Geranium sanguineum L.

Family
Geraniaceae
Genus
Geranium

Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants

Bloody geranium (Geranium sanguineum)
FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free

Common names

By language (37)
Arabic
إبرة الراعي الدموية, غرنوق دموي
Azerbaijani
Qırmızı ətirşah
Belarusian
Герань крывава-чырвоная, Воўча стапа, Дубровіца, Дуброўка лясная, Мужчынскі залатнічок
Bulgarian
Кървавочервен здравец
Chinese
血红老鸛草, 血红老鹳草
Croatian
Crvena iglica
Czech
Kakost krvavý
Danish
Blodrød Storkenæb
Dutch
Bloedooievaarsbek
English
Bloody geranium, Bloody crane's-bill
Estonian
Verev kurereha
Finnish
Verikurjenpolvi
French
Géranium sanguin, Herbe à becquet
German
Blutroter Storchschnabel, Blut-Storchschnabel
Greek
Γεράνιο το αιματόχρωο
hsb
Krejojta pyskawa
Hungarian
Piros gólyaorr
Indonesian
Kerenyam darah
Irish
Crobh dearg
Italian
Geranio sanguigno
Japanese
フウロソウ属
Latvian
Asinssārtā gandrene
Lithuanian
Raudonžiedis snaputis
Macedonian
Крвав здравец
Norwegian Bokmål
Blodstorkenebb
Norwegian Nynorsk
Blodstorkenebb
Persian
سوزنچوپان خونین
Polish
Bodziszek czerwony, Bodziszek krwisty
Portuguese
Bico-de-grou-sanguíneo, Gerânio-sanguíneo
Russian
Герань кроваво-красная, Волчья стопа, Герань кровяно-красная
Slovak
Pakost krvavý
Slovenian
Krvavordeča krvomočnica
Spanish
Aguja sangrienta, Geranio de sangre, Pico de cigüeña
Swedish
Blodnäva, Jungfrunäva
Turkish
Sardunya, Kanlı turnagagası
Ukrainian
Герань криваво-червона
Welsh
Pig-yr-aran ruddgoch

Synonyms

  • Geranium grandiflorum Gilib.
  • Geranium lancastriense Mill.
  • Geranium prostratum Cav.
  • Geranium sanguineiforme Rouy & Foucaud
  • Geranium sanguineiforme (Rouy) A.W.Hill
  • Geranium sanguineum f. biflorum Nyár.
  • Geranium sanguineum f. grandiflorum Font Quer
  • Geranium sanguineum f. latisectum Evers
  • Geranium sanguineum f. macranthum C.E.Lundstr.
  • Geranium sanguineum f. villosum Pamp.
  • Geranium sanguineum subsp. sanguineiforme Rouy
  • Geranium sanguineum var. album Jekyll & E.T.Cook
  • Geranium sanguineum var. angustilobum Sennen
  • Geranium sanguineum var. asperifolium Sennen
  • Geranium sanguineum var. biflorum Rozeira
  • Geranium sanguineum var. biflorum G. Don
  • Geranium sanguineum var. elatius Lej.
  • Geranium sanguineum var. erectum Weston
  • Geranium sanguineum var. genuinum Godr.
  • Geranium sanguineum var. haematodes Burm. f. ex R. Knuth
  • Geranium sanguineum var. incisum Weston
  • Geranium sanguineum var. lancastriense (Mill.) Gray
  • Geranium sanguineum var. lancastriense (Mill.) Dum. Cours.
  • Geranium sanguineum var. lancastriense (Mill.) G. Nicholson
  • Geranium sanguineum var. latifolium Čelak.
  • Geranium sanguineum var. latifolium Parl.
  • Geranium sanguineum var. latipartitum Petunn.
  • Geranium sanguineum var. majus Gray
  • Geranium sanguineum var. majus Maxim. ex Syr. & Petunn.
  • Geranium sanguineum var. monstrosum Scheppig ex R. Knuth
  • Geranium sanguineum var. nitens Chevall.
  • Geranium sanguineum var. parviflora Evers
  • Geranium sanguineum var. podperae A. Wildt
  • Geranium sanguineum var. prostratum (Cav.) Willd.
  • Geranium sanguineum var. prostratum (Cav.) Dum. Cours.
  • Geranium sanguineum var. prostratum (Cav.) Pers.
  • Geranium sanguineum var. sanguineiforme (Rouy) P.Fourn.
  • Geranium sanguineum var. striatum Weston
  • Geranium sanguineum var. subnudicaulix
  • Geranium sanguineum var. villosissimum DC.

and 2 more.

Flowers

In flower
May to July (from 3,581 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

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

Plant problems

Photos

More in Geranium

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.