Plants : GeraniaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Geranium versicolor L.

Pencilled Crane's-bill

Description: This crane's-bill is a rare escape from cultivation in gardens, but was established for at least ninety years on a roadside hedgebank between Comber and Castle Espie in Co Down, up until the 1980s. The other records seem to refer to short-lived colonies.

All names: Geranium versicolor L.; Geranium striatum L.

Distribution Map from NBN: Geranium versicolor at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Geranium versicolor at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Geranium versicolor. L.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=3150. Accessed on 2026-11-02.