wild geranium

English

wild geranium in bloom

Noun

wild geranium (countable and uncountable, plural wild geraniums)

1. 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