Meadow Crane's-bill Geranium pratense Crobh gorm Family: Geraniaceae Flowering time: June-August. Perennial. Native / introduced. The violet-blue flowers are 5-petalled with pale veins. Fruits are smooth and downy, the pedicels (flowerstalks) drooping as fruit ripens. Leaves are round to kidney-shaped and deeply lobed, the lobes with jagged teeth. A downy plant with short rhizomes. Height to 70cm. Calcareous soils on grassland and roadsides. Native in Co. Antrim, introduced in other parts of Ireland. Sometimes included in wildflower seed mixtures and found as a garden escape on roadsides in Co. Waterford.

Meadow Crane's-bill, Geranium pratense, Crobh gorm