SCIENTIFIC NAME: GERANIUM MOLLE
VERNACULAR NAME: DOVE'S-FOOT CRANESBILL

Fig 1
DESCRIPTION Height up to 20cm. A delightful low-spreading annual that can only be appreciated through a hand lens. The pink to white flowers have 5 petals each one etched with 3 rose-pink lines and having a notch 2 thirds of the way down the length. The leaves have a regular lobed outline and are softly downy.
DISTRIBUTION Widely distributed throughout all of Britain.
HABITAT Wasteland, rough grassland, roadsides and grassy coastla areas.
FLOWERING TIME April to August.

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