#bigroot cranesbill

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geranium macrorrhizum

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Geranium macrorrhizum (Bigroot Cranesbill)

Genus name comes from the Greek word geranos meaning crane in reference to the fruit which purportedly resembles the head and beak of a crane. Specific epithet and bigroot common name are in reference to the thick roots.