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Wild geranium   /waɪld dʒərˈeɪniəm/   Listen
Wild geranium

noun
1.
Common wild geranium of eastern North America with deeply parted leaves and rose-purple flowers.  Synonyms: Geranium maculatum, spotted cranesbill.






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"Wild geranium" Quotes from Famous Books



... pine, a wild geranium, a lark or Joan's garden where the heliotrope grew; they were sparks to a fire of inspiration that ...
— Kenny • Leona Dalrymple

... few wild flowers. The busy mother will find that they grow without care if proper soil is provided and will bloom where there is too much shade for other flowers. March brings forth the lovely hepatica, and wild phlox or sweet william soon follows. Next comes the wild geranium cranes bill, but as its petals fall rapidly, it is not as effective as sweet william, which will be a mass of delicate bloom for five weeks or more. The trillium or wake robin is another desirable flower, and wild violets thrive where the cultivated kind will not grow. The Indian turnip ...
— Mother's Remedies - Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers - of the United States and Canada • T. J. Ritter

... to the hollow, and I saw the tiny hut where my new friend lived. The hollow was a gruesome place. It acted as a kind of funnel whereby the wind from the great woods was poured over the beach, and sent moaning away across the sea. In summer it was gay with bracken, and golden ragwort, and wild geranium, but in winter it looked only fit for ...
— The Romance of the Coast • James Runciman



Words linked to "Wild geranium" :   cranesbill, crane's bill, spotted cranesbill



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