Round-Leaved Crane´S-Bill (Geranium rotundifolium) photo
Geranium rotundifolium © Biopix: JC Schou
Location
Hobro, Jylland, Danmark
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Annual. Stem up 40 cm, erect to decumbent. Most of the plant with lots of glandular hairs. Leafstalks long, leafblade kidneyshaped, 5-9 lobed, divided half way or less to base. Sepals mucronate, petals 5-7 mm, pink with rounded - not notched apex, the claws without any hairs. Seeds reticulately ridged.
In Denmark introduced and rare. Gardens and waste places. Flowers June and July. Probably overlooked.
100,0 mm-40,0 cm
Danish Redlist Status: NA (not assigned)
Key literature: Dansk Flora (Frederiksen et al. 2012)
Geranium rotundifolium L. Sp. Pl. 2: 683. 1753
Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 683. 1753.