MEDICINAL PLANTS in Folk Tradition

  Legumes, Spurges and Geraniums 175

Geranium robertianum Linnaeus
herb-Robert, (foetid) crane’s-bill, bloodwort, red Roger;
crobh dearg(Irish)
Europe, southern temperate Asia, North Africa, Macaronesia;
introduced into North and South America, New Zealand
Formerly known to every owner of cattle in Ireland as the standard remedy for
red-water fever, a disease of farm animals especially prevalent in that country,

Geranium robertianum,

herb-Robert (Fuchs 1543,

fig. 115)