Herb Robert | Plant Information

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Plant Data

Flowering Months:

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

Order:

Geraniales

Family:

Geraniaceae (Cranesbill)

Also in this family:

Bloody Cranesbill, Common Storksbill, Cut-leaved Cranesbill, Dovesfoot Cranesbill, French Cranesbill, Hedgerow Cranesbill, Meadow Cranesbill, Shining Cranesbill, Sticky Storksbill, Wood Cranesbill

Type:

Flower

Life Cycle:

Annual or Biennial

Maximum Size:

30 centimetres tall

Habitats:

Farmland, gardens, heathland, hedgerows, moorland, mountains, rocks, towns, walls, woodland.

Flower:

Pink, 5 petals

5 pale to dark pink petals, occasionally white. Orange pollen, hairy calyx.

Fruit:

Elongated, ovoid, hairy schizocarp, with a beak-like tip. A schizocarp is a type of dry fruit which splits into single-seeded parts at maturity. These parts are called 'mericarps'.

Leaves:

3 to 5 deeply lobed palmate leaves on long stalks. The lobes are narrow and sharp-tipped.

Aroma:

The smell of the foliage is unappealing.

Other Names:

Arb Rabbits, Baby's Pinafore, Bachelor's Buttons, Bloodwort, Crow's Foot, Cry Baby, Cuckoo's Eye, Death Come Quickly, Doll's Shoes, Dolly's Apron, Dolly's Nightcap, Dolly's Pinafore, Dove's Foot, Dragon's Blood, Drunkards, Felonwort, Fox Geranium, Geranium, Goose Bill, Granny's Needles, Granny's Nightcap, Granny-thread-the-needle, Gypsies, Gypsy's Parsley, Headaches, Hen and Chickens, Hop-o'-my-thumb, Jack Horner, Jam Tarts, Jenny Flower, Jenny Hood, Jenny Wren, Joe Stanley, John Hood, Kiss Me, Kiss Me Love at the Garden Gate, Kiss Me Quick, Knives and Forks, Lady Janes, Little Jack, Little Jan, Little Robin, Mary James, Pink Pinafores, Puck, Red Robin, Robert's Geranium, Robin Hood, Robin In the Hedge, Robin Redbreast, Robin-i'-th'-hedge, Robin's-eye, Squinter-pip, Stinker Bobs, Stinking Bob, Stinky Bob, Storksbill, Wren's Flower.

Frequency (UK):

Abundant