This annual or biennial is named for the seed capsule that remains after the plant has flowered. It looks like the head and bill of a wild crane. Cranesbill is also called wild geranium or carolina geranium. Although this plant seems to thrive in warmer areas of the country, it grows in almost every state and southern Canada. Leaves are generally cut into five deeply cleft segments and each segment is again variously divided. The flower of cranesbill is an attractive pink to lavender. It has five petals and is found singly or in clusters at the top of the plant. This plant is occasionally confused with larkspur.