Bloody Crane's-bill
Geranium sanguineum L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 38 cm
- wide
- 56 cm
Geraniaceae
Formerly Geranium lancastriense, Geranium prostratum, Geranium sanguineiforme
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Europe to W. Siberia and CaucasusKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 25 cm to 51 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 51 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, pink, magenta, purpleRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -40 °C (USDA zone 3a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Japanese
- フウロソウ属
- Bulgarian
- кървавочервен здравец
- Czech
- kakost krvavý
- Welsh
- Pig-yr-aran ruddgoch
- Danish
- Blodrød Storkenæb
- German
- Blut-Storchschnabel, Blutroter Storchschnabel
- Canadian English
- bloody geranium
- Spanish
- aguja sangrienta, geranio de sangre, pico de cigüeña
- Estonian
- Verev kurereha
- Finnish
- verikurjenpolvi
- French
- Geranium sanguin, Géranium sanguin, Herbe à becquet
- Irish
- Crobh dearg
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Geranium sanguineum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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