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Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Dove's-foot crane's-bill (Geranium molle)

Description

Geranium molle is a small plant reaching on average 5-30 centimetres (2.0-11.8 in) in height. It is a very branched plant, quite hairy, with several ascending stems. The leaves are palmate, cut 5 to 9 times. The basal leaves are arranged in a rosette, the upper ones are sessile, rounded and hairy, with a long petiole of about 5-12 millimetres (0.20-0.47 in). The flowers are pinkish-purple, 8-12 mm in diameter, with very jagged petals. It blooms from April to September. The flowers are hermaphrodite and mainly pollinated by Hymenoptera. Fruits are glabrous, usually with 6-9 transverse ridges.

Taxonomic tree

Domain: Eukarya
- Kingdom: Plantae
- - Phylum: Magnoliophyta
  - - Class: Magnoliopsida
    - - Order: Geraniales
      - Family: Geraniaceae
        
        Genus: Geranium