wild geranium
English
Noun
wild geranium (countable and uncountable, plural wild geraniums)
- A flowering plant of species Geranium maculatum, found in North America from Manitoba and Quebec to Oklahoma and Georgia.
- 1971, Dolly Parton, “Early Morning Breeze”:
- A rainbow-colored meadow, kissed with early morning sun / The aster and the dahlia and the wild geranium / Drops of morning dew still linger on the iris leaves / In the meadow where I'm walking in the early morning breeze
Synonyms
- (wild geranium): spotted geranium, wood geranium, spotted cranesbill, wild cranesbill, alum root, alum bloom, old maid's nightcap
References
- wild geranium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Geranium maculatum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Geranium maculatum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- wild geranium at USDA Plants database