- Wood Cranesbill
Taxobox
name = "Geranium sylvaticum"
image_width = 250px
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo =Geraniales
familia =Geraniaceae
genus = "Geranium "
species = "G. sylvaticum"
binomial = "Geranium sylvaticum"
binomial_authority = L.Description
"Geranium sylvaticum", commonly called Wood Cranesbill or Woodland Geranium, is a plant species in the genus "
Geranium " belonging toGeraniaceae .Depending on soil conditions, the flowers range from a mauve color to sky blue. [Marjorie Blamey and Richard Fitter, "Collins Handguide to Wild Flowers of Britain and Northern Europe", Wiliam Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., London, 1979.]
Uses and Traditions
It is the county flower of
Sheffield in the United Kingdom.The flowers of G. sylvaticum yield a blue-gray dye that was used in ancient Europe to dye war cloaks, believing it would protect them in battle. For this reason G. sylvaticum was called Odin's Grace [Hilderic Friend, "Flower Lore", Para Research, Inc., Rockport, Massachusetts 1981.] .
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