Geranium robertianum L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Herb-Robert
🇫🇷 Géranium herbe-à-Robert, Géranium Robert, Herbe tangue

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superrosids
Clade: Rosids
Clade: Malvids
Order: Geraniales
Family: Geraniaceae
Tribe: Geranieae
Genus: Geranium
Species: Geranium robertianum

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with G. purpureum Vill., 1786, whose flowers have bright yellow anthers, while those of G. robertianum have orange-brown anthers.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

G. robertianum subsp. maritimum Bab. ex H.G.Baker, 1956, Q;
G. robertianum subsp. robertianum L., 1753, P.

Photographs

img/geranium-robertianum.webp — *Geranium robertianum*

img/geranium-robertianum-2.webp — *Geranium robertianum*

img/geranium-robertianum-3.webp — *Geranium robertianum*

img/geranium-robertianum-4.webp — *Geranium robertianum*

img/geranium-robertianum-5.webp — *Geranium robertianum* - Stems

img/geranium-robertianum-6.webp — *Geranium robertianum* - Leaf, adaxial side

img/geranium-robertianum-7.webp — *Geranium robertianum* - Leaf, abaxial side

img/geranium-robertianum-8.webp — *Geranium robertianum* - Immature fruits

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 781). Biotope.