Herb-Robert - Geranium robertianum

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Alternative names
Herb Robert
Description

Short to medium hairy plant often flushed with red and with a strong smell. Flowers bright pink with petals 8 - 14mm; the petals scarcely notched. Fruit usually hairy and ridged. White flowered forms sometimes occur.

Identification difficulty
Habitat

Shaded habitats, copses, woods and banks.

When to see it

May to September.

Life History

Annual or biennial.

UK Status

Common throughout Britain

VC55 Status

Very common in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 543 of the 617 tetrads.

  • David Nicholls
    Sheet Hedges Wood
    02 May 2014
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    05 June 2006
  • David Nicholls
    Groby Pool
    10 May 2008
  • David Nicholls
    Martinshaw Wood
    08 October 2005
  • AJ Cann
    Knighton Spinney
    17 May 2015

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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Species profile

Common names
Herb-Robert
Species group:
Wildflowers
Kingdom:
Plantae
Order:
Geraniales
Family:
Geraniaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
593
First record:
11/05/1992 (John Mousley;Steve Grover)
Last record:
21/04/2024 (axon, kaye)

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% of records within its species group

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  • David Nicholls
    Hill Hole Quarry
    02 June 2011
  • Barbara Cooper
    Beacon Hill
    21 May 2015
  • Graham Calow
    Jubilee Walk, Leire
    16 September 2014
  • Graham Calow
    Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
    08 October 2007
  • David Nicholls
    Highway Spinney
    05 May 2011
  • Graham Calow
    Broughton Astley
    24 June 2011
  • David Nicholls
    Cloud Wood
    24 June 2011
  • Ron.stevens
    Broughton Astley
    02 July 2011
  • David Nicholls
    Lea Meadows
    07 July 2011
  • Barbara Cooper
    Holwell Nature Reserve
    17 May 2012
  • David Gould
    Croft Pasture, Leics.
    22 May 2015
  • HAPeacock
    Leicester Garden
    17 May 2012
  • Barbara Cooper
    Long Clawson
    13 May 2013
  • HAPeacock
    Leicester Garden
    23 May 2012
  • David Nicholls
    Groby Pool
    24 June 2005
  • HAPeacock
    NPMC Garden
    22 May 2012
  • Lostash
    Whetstone Fields
    18 April 2014
  • David Nicholls
    Wirlybones Wood
    31 May 2013
  • David Nicholls
    Broughton Astley
    04 July 2013