Geranium robertianum

Geranium robertianum herb-robert

Plant grows in the wild/spontaneouslyPlant is native to PA

A native annual or biennial geranium with delicate, bright pink flowers borne on stalks above the leaves.  The leaves are compound, with five delicate leaflets, each one highly dissected.  This beautiful wildflower prefers to grow in the shade of the forest floor.

Grows in moist, wooded, rocky slopes and ravines.

Present in the eastern and south-western  parts of the state.

Wetland codes
EMP: FACU
NCNE: FACU



Flowers May through October.

Flowers  pink or purple, five petals up to 13 mm long.

Leaves  opposite, palmately compound, terminal leaflet petioled, each of the five leaflets  pinnately lobed

S-rank:  No rank
G-rank:  G5 (Secure)

Geranium robertianum herb-robert

Plant grows in the wild/spontaneouslyPlant is native to PA
Geranium robertianum gallery
Plant Life-Form
annual or biennial forb
Common Names
herb-robert