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Tuesday 29 June 2010

Wood Cranesbill - Midsommarblomster

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In Swedish, we call this flower midsommarblomster (= Midsummer flower).
The Latin name is Geranium sylvaticum. In England it is called Wood Cranesbill and is the county flower of Sheffield; and in North America it goes by the name of Woodland Geranium.

Depending on soil conditions, the flowers range from a mauve color to sky blue. It can also be found with white flowers. From the flower a blue-gray dye can be produced, which was used in the past to dye war cloaks (according to Wikipedia).

I came across these on my way to the Midsummer celebration; and again it was one of those occasions when the name just popped up in my memory from I-don’t-know-where-or-when.

4 comments:

Ginny Hartzler said...

How lovely! I see that the leaves are geranium leaves! I love it that you always stop and smell the flowers along the way!

Reanaclaire said...

Soothing to the eyes when looking at the flowers..

greetings,
reanaclaire.com

Unknown said...

Such pretty little blooms. They look delicate but I bet they are hardy; the small ones usually are!

MadSnapper said...

by any name at all, it is beautiful and my kind of flower. i love wild flowers in wooded areas.

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