Geraniaceae
Wood crane's-bill
Geranium sylvaticum
- Family
- Geraniaceae
- Genus
- Geranium
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Common names
By language (39)
- azb
- مئشهلیک اتیرشاهی
- Azerbaijani
- Meşəlik ətirşahı
- Belarusian
- Герань лясная
- Bulgarian
- Горски здравец
- Chinese
- 林地老鹳草, 森林老鸛草, 森林老鹳草
- Croatian
- Šumska iglica
- Czech
- Kakost lesní
- Danish
- Skov-Storkenæb
- Dutch
- Bosooievaarsbek
- English
- Wood crane's-bill, Woodland geranium
- Estonian
- Mets-kurereha
- Finnish
- Metsäkurjenpolvi
- French
- Géranium des bois
- German
- Wald-Storchschnabel, Waldstorchschnabel
- hsb
- Lěsna pyskawa
- Hungarian
- Erdei gólyaorr
- Icelandic
- Blágresi, Litunargras, Storkablágresi
- Irish
- Crobh coille
- Italian
- Geranio dei prati, Geranio selvatico
- Japanese
- ウッドクレインズビル
- Kazakh
- Орман қазтамағы
- Latvian
- Meža gandrene
- Lithuanian
- Miškinis snaputis
- Macedonian
- Шумски здравец
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Skogstorkenebb
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Skogstorkenebb
- os
- Кæлдæф
- Persian
- شمعدانی جنگلی
- Polish
- Bodziszek leśny
- Russian
- Герань лесная
- se
- Boaresgállarássi, Alitrássi
- Slovak
- Pakost lesný
- Slovenian
- Gozdna krvomočnica
- smn
- Čuovjisrääsi, Puáriskállárääsi
- sms
- Vuäʹmmkällazrääʹss
- Swedish
- Midsommarblomster, Alpnäva, Skogsnäva
- Turkish
- Orman turnagagası
- Ukrainian
- Герань лісова, Журавець лісовий
- Welsh
- Pig-yr-aran y coed
Synonyms
- Geranium alpestre Schur
- Geranium alpestre Schur
- Geranium andrewsiana Gower
- Geranium angulatum Curtis
- Geranium argenteum Geners. ex Wahlenb.
- Geranium argenteum Geners.
- Geranium batrachioides Hocq.
- Geranium caeruleopurpureum Gilib.
- Geranium eglandulosum Dalla Torre
- Geranium eglandulosum (C#elak.) Dalla Torre
- Geranium endressii var. glandulosum Sennen
- Geranium fastigiatum Gliem. ex Bab.
- Geranium fastigiatum (Fr.) Gliemann
- Geranium knollii Brittinger ex Rchb.
- Geranium lemanianum Briq.
- Geranium losae Sennen
- Geranium praealpinum Beck
- Geranium pratense subsp. sylvaticum (L.) Bonnier & Layens
- Geranium pratense var. parviflorum Beck
- Geranium purpureo-caeruleum Gilib. ex Ledeb.
- Geranium purpureocaeruleum Ledeb.
- Geranium ranunculifolium Schur ex Nyman
- Geranium striatum [Clairv.]
- Geranium sylvaticum f. albiflorum Murr
- Geranium sylvaticum f. angustisectum Beck
- Geranium sylvaticum f. eglandulosum (Čelak.) Borza
- Geranium sylvaticum f. latisectum Beck
- Geranium sylvaticum f. lilacinum Murr
- Geranium sylvaticum f. minoriflorum Brenner
- Geranium sylvaticum f. pallidiflorum Üksip ex Talts
- Geranium sylvaticum f. parviflorum Brittinger ex Nyár.
- Geranium sylvaticum f. perglandulosum Nyár.
- Geranium sylvaticum f. purpureum Murr
- Geranium sylvaticum f. roseum Murr
- Geranium sylvaticum f. sublilacinum C.G.Westerl.
- Geranium sylvaticum subsp. lemanianum Briq.
- Geranium sylvaticum subsp. lemanianum (Briq.) Schinz & R.Keller
- Geranium sylvaticum var. album Weston
- Geranium sylvaticum var. alpestre (Schur ex Nyman) Hayek
- Geranium sylvaticum var. alpestre (Schur ex Nyman) Thaiss. ex Domin & Podp.
and 41 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Greenland: introduced
Plant problems
Photos
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Photo: Lauri Rantala from Espoo, Finland, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Florian Pépellin, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.