Authentic Wisconsin.  Wild Geranium - Geranium maculatum


Wild Geranium along the Ho-Nee-Um boardwalk near the Council Ring  on May 7, 2019 in Madison, Wisconsin.

Above: Wild Geranium along the Ho-Nee-Um boardwalk near the Council Ring on May 7, 2019.


Wild Geranium - Geranium maculatum

Wild Geranium a native plant in Wisconsin.

The plant has been used in herbal medicine, and is also grown as a garden plant. Wild geranium is considered an astringent, a substance that causes contraction of the tissues and stops bleeding.

Other names include: alum root, alum bloom, cranesbill, spotted cranesbill, wild cranesbill, spotted geranium, wild geranium, wood geranium, and other local colloquial names including old maid's nightcap.

Wild Geranium in the Oak Savanna near Council Ring on May 13, 2019.

Wild Geranium in the Oak Savanna near Council Ring on May 13, 2019.


Above: Wild Geranium in the Oak Savanna near Council Ring on May 13, 2019.




WILD GERANIUM OR CRANESBILL
(Geranium maculatum)
by Scottish author, Elizabeth Gordon

Along the wooded roads I grow

And children pluck me as they go,

And say my flowers are sweet and gay,

Which makes me happy all the day.



For more information on Wild Geranium, visit Wikipedia.

Or, visit the UW-Madison Wisconsin Master Gardener website page on Wild Geranium.


Wild Geranium in Oak Savanna on May 19, 2020.
Wild Geranium in  Oak Savanna on May 19, 2020.
Wild Geranium in Thoreau Rain Garden on May 20, 2020.
Wild Geranium in  Oak Savanna on May 20, 2020.
Wild Geranium by Council Ring in Oak Savanna on May 20, 2020.
Wild Geranium by Council Ring in Oak Savanna on May 20, 2020.
Wild Geranium by Council Ring in Oak Savanna on May 23, 2020.
Wild Geranium by Council Ring in Oak Savanna on May 5, 2021.
Wild Geranium by Ho-Nee-Um boardwalk in Oak Savanna on May 25, 2020.
Wild Geranium by Council Ring in Oak Savanna on May 2, 2021.
Wild Geranium by Council Ring in Oak Savanna on May 2, 2021.
Wild Geranium in Thoreau Rain Garden on May 24, 2020.
Wild Geranium by Duck Pond on May 7, 2021.
Wild Geranium by Duck Pond on May 7, 2021.
Wild Geranium by Council Ring in Oak Savanna in Madison, Wisconsin on May 10, 2021.
Wild Geranium in Thoreau Rain Garden on May 12, 2021.
Wild Geranium by Council Ring in Oak Savanna on May 17, 2021.
Wild Geranium in Thoreau Rain Garden in Madison, Wisconsin on May 26, 2022.

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Wild Geranium
Geranium maculatum


Wild Geranium in the Oak Savanna near Council Ring on May 17, 2019.

Wild Geranium in the Oak Savanna near Council Ring on May 17, 2019.

Wild Geranium in the Oak Savanna near Council Ring on May 17, 2019.


Above: Wild Geranium in the Oak Savanna near Council Ring (5/17/19)


Wild Geranium in the Oak Savanna near Council Ring on May 20, 2019.

Wild Geranium in the Oak Savanna near Council Ring on May 20, 2019.

Wild Geranium in the Oak Savanna near Council Ring on May 20, 2019.

Wild Geranium in the Oak Savanna near Council Ring on May 20, 2019.


Above: Wild Geranium in the Oak Savanna near Council Ring (5/20/19)


Wild Geranium in UW Arboretum near Visitors Center in Madison, Wisconsin on May 22, 2021.


Above: Wild Geranium in UW Arboretum near Visitors Center in Madison, Wisconsin (5/22/21)


Wild Geranium in the Oak Savanna near Council Ring on May 24, 2019.


Above: Wild Geranium in the Oak Savanna near Council Ring (5/24/19)


Wild Geranium by Council Ring in Oak Savanna on May 5, 2021.

Wild Geranium by Council Ring in Oak Savanna on May 5, 2021.


Above: Wild Geranium in the Oak Savanna near Council Ring (5/5/21)


Wild Geranium by Council Ring in Oak Savanna on May 17, 2021.


Above: Wild Geranium in the Oak Savanna near Council Ring (5/17/21)


Wild Geranium Wild Flower Children by Elizabeth Gordon with illustration by Janet Laura Scott.

 Wild Geranium  illustration by Alice Lounsberry circa 1899.

Above: Wild Geranium illustration by Alice Lounsberry circa 1899.



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