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Geranium robertianum L. - Geraniaceae - herb Robert, mountain geranium, Ruprechtskraut, Stink-Storchschnabel, Stinkender Storchschnabel
Annual or biennial herb, 10-50cm tall, native to the northern temperate regions; leaves opposite, palmately divided, 3-9cm long, pilose with ± appressed glandular trichomes; segments 5, rhombic, with a petiolule on middle segment; cymules solitary, 2-flowered; petals five, purplish, 7-10 mm, staminal filaments pinkish, anthers purplish, 0.4-0.6 mm; fruit 2cm, erect when immature. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200012398
Stem and leaves are often deeply red coloured by photoprotective pigments, hence the name herb Robert. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruprechtskraut
The whole dried herb (Geranii robertiani herba, Herba Robertiani, Blutkraut, Rotlaufkraut) is used in traditional medicine as anti-inflammatory, andi-diarrhoeal to treat infections of the urinary tract and mild diarrhoea; externally to cure slowly healing wounds, eczema and mucosal inflammations. As th plant is rich in tannins, which are astringent and have antiseptic and anti-inflammatory effects, effectiveness in application areas seems plausible.
[Medicinal Plants of the World. Ben-Erik Van Wyk and Michael Wink, Pretoria 2004, 156]
[Hagers Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Springer 2010]