Dr. Leonard Perry, Extension Professor University of Vermont Flowers, just like all other plants, have both common and Latin names. These Latin names aren't nearly so perplexing if you know a bit about their derivation.
Many names are descriptive.
To me it's even more fascinating when names refer to someone or something interesting about the plant. Yes, geraniums in nature do produce fruits or seeds although we seldom see them in today's cultivars. Impatiens is the Latin for impatient, referring to the violent seed discharge. Most of us studied the explorers Lewis and Clark in school and their expedition to the Pacific Northwest. Then there are the descriptive perennial names.