wild flowers in fife & kinross - Fife Coast and Countryside Trust

GERANIACEAE TO ARALIACEAE
Geranium endressii French Cranesbill
A rarely established throw-out.
Geranium x oxonianum (G. endressii x versicolor) Druce’s Cranesbill
Occasionally established from gardens, more likely to be found than the last.
Geranium sylvaticum Wood Cranesbill
Frequent in Kinross, some west Fife dens and the Lomonds; much less
common elsewhere and absent from the east.
Geranium pratense Meadow Cranesbill
Common and widespread, but much more local in Kinross.
Geranium sanguineum Bloody Cranesbill
Local in calcareous rocky places; occasionally in abundance, as on Burntisland Binn
top.
Geranium columbinum Long-stalked Cranesbill
Rare on calcareous banks, including at Orrock Hill; perhaps declining.
Geranium dissectum Cut-leaved Cranesbill
A common weed of grassy and waste places.
Geranium ibericum x platypetalum (G. x magnificum) Purple Cranesbill
A rare throw-out, or planted; established on dunes at Lundin Links.
Geranium pyrenaicum Hedgerow Cranesbill
Locally naturalised by roadsides, e.g. near Burntisland; increasing.
Geranium pusillum Small-flowered
Cranesbill
Local in short grass and arable ground in NE Fife, elsewhere only casual.
Geranium molle Dovesfoot Cranesbill
A very common weed.
Geranium lucidum Shining Cranesbill
Infrequent on dry bare ground, and as a garden weed.
[Geranium macrorrhizum Rock Cranesbill]
A rampant spreader in policy gardens and open woodland, as at Balcarres
House, but scarcely naturalised yet.