Geranium pratense

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Geraniales

Familia: Geraniaceae
Genus: Geranium
Subgenus: G. subg. Geranium
Sectio: G. sect. Geranium
Species: Geranium pratense
Name

Geranium pratense L., 1753
Synonyms

Geranium acknerianum Schur
Geranium aconitifolium Eichw.
Geranium alpinum Kit. ex Kanitz
Geranium batrachioides Bubani
Geranium caeruleum Gilib.
Geranium coelestinum Schur
Geranium kemulariae Kharadze
Geranium mariae Sennen
Geranium napellifolium Schur
Geranium neapolitanum Nyman
Geranium pinetophilum R.Knuth
Geranium pratense f. albiflorum Q.Zhu & J.Wang
Geranium pratense f. leucanthemum B.Boivin
Geranium pratense var. schmidii Y.J.Nasir
Geranium pratense subsp. stewartianum Y.J.Nasir
Geranium rovirae Sennen
Geranium valde-pilosum Schur ex Nyman

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Eurasia
Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Mongolia, Nepal, Netherlands, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Qinghai, Romania, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Tuva, Ukraine, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Alaska, Alberta, Connecticut, Finland, Ireland, Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Brunswick, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Saskatchewan, Vermont, Wisconsin

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 681. Reference page.

Additional references

Aedo, C. 2012. Revision of Geranium (Geraniaceae) in the New World. Systematic Botany Monographs 95: 1–550. JSTOR Reference page.
Govaerts, R.H.A. 2003. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [unavailable for the public] Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Geranium pratense in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Aug 08. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Geranium pratense. Published online. Accessed: Aug 08 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Geranium pratense. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 Aug 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Geranium pratense. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Aug 08. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Geranium pratense. Accessed: 08 Aug 2021.

Vernacular names
العربية: غرنوقي مرجي
башҡортса: Туғай яраны
беларуская: Герань лугавая
български: Син здравец
català: Agulles
čeština: Kakost luční
Cymraeg: Pig-yr-aran y weirglodd
dansk: Engstorkenæb
Deutsch: Wiesen-Storchschnabel
English: Meadow Crane's-bill
español: Geranio de prado
eesti: Aas-kurereha
suomi: Kyläkurjenpolvi
français: Géranium des prés
Gaeilge: Crobh gorm
hornjoserbsce: Łučna pyskawa
íslenska: Garðablágresi
lietuvių: Pievinis snaputis
latviešu: Pļavas gandrene
Nederlands: Beemdooievaarsbek
norsk nynorsk: Engstorkenebb
norsk: Engstorkenebb
ирон: Калмгæрдæг
polski: Bodziszek łąkowy
русский: Герань луговая
slovenčina: Pakost lúčny
svenska: Ängsnäva
українська: Герань лучна
中文（简体）: 草原老鹳草
中文（繁體）: 草原老鸛草
中文（臺灣）: 草原老鸛草
中文: 草原老鹳草

Geranium pratense, the meadow crane's-bill[1] or meadow geranium,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Geraniaceae, native to Europe and Asia.[3] Forming a clump roughly 1 m (3.3 ft) tall and broad, it is a herbaceous perennial with hairy stems and lax saucer-shaped blooms of pale violet. It is extremely hardy to at least −20 °C (−4 °F), reflecting its origins in the Altai Mountains of central Asia.[4]

The leaves are deeply divided into 7-9 lobes and 3-6 inch wide and the flowers are pale blue, although getting paler into the centre. The flowers have 5 petals, which sometimes have veins. The stamens have pink-purple stalks with dark purple anthers.

Several cultivars are available for garden use, of which 'Mrs Kendall Clark'[5] and 'Plenum violaceum'[6] have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[7]

'Mrs Kendal Clark'

References

BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Geranium pratense". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. and Warburg, E.F. 1968. Excursion Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0 521 04656 4
Brickell, Christopher, ed. (2008). The Royal Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 476. ISBN 9781405332965.
"RHS Plant Selector - Geraium pratense 'Mrs Kendal Clark'". Retrieved 11 July 2020.
"RHS Plant Selector - Geranium pratense 'Plenum violaceum'". Retrieved 11 July 2020.

"AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 42. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

MSUplants.com - Geranium pratense - Meadow Geranium[permanent dead link]