Geranium sylvaticum, Geranium rivulare, SE: Midsommarblomster,
DE: Wald-Storchschnabel, NL: Bosooievaarsbek, UK: Wood Crane's-bill

Scientific name:		Geranium sylvaticum L.
Synonym name:		Geranium rivulare Vill. (ssp. rivulare)
Swedish name:		Midsommarblomster
German name:		Wald-Storchschnabel
Nederlandse naam:		Bosooievaarsbek
English name:		Wood Crane's-bill
Plant Family:		Geraniaceae, Näveväxter, Geranium family

Location: Hammarstrand

Life form:		Perennial
Stems:		25–50 cm. Stem cylindrical, erect-branched, basal part long-haired, more commonly short-haired.
Leaves:		large palmately cleft leaves c. 8-15 cm across
Flowers:		Petals 12-16mm, purplish-pink to mauvish with white base, rounded or slightly retuse at apex.
Flowering Period:		June,July
Fruits:		5-parted schizocarp, tip beak-like, coiling up when ripe. Mericarps glossy, hairy.
Habitat:		Woods, thickets, pastureland and meadows

Derivation of the botanical name: Geranium from the Greek word geranos, "crane" and refers to the appearance of the seed-heads, which have the same shape as the bill of a crane. sylvaticum from the Latin Sylva, "forest", and aimed at the plant site. The name midsummer flower, refers to the blooming around midsummer. rivulare, rivulus, a small stream; from a stream side. The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy. The standard author abbreviation Vill. is used to indicate Dominique Villars (1745 – 1814), a French botanist.