Scientific Name: Geranium molle
Common Name: dove's foot cranesbill
Family Name: Geraniaceae
Origin: Europe
Hardiness Zone: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C)
Plant Type: Annual (true), Weed (horticultural)
Mature Size: 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width)
Habit: Spreading
Form: Creeping / Mat-like
Texture: Fine
Landscape Uses: n/a
Exposure: Full sun, Filtered shade
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Lobed, Opposite, Basal, Sessile, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Glandular hairs, Orbicular, Reniform, Palmately lobed
Flowers: Umbel, Violet, Jul-Aug
Fruit: Schizocarp, Brown, Aug-Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Leaves reniform-orbicular, 1.5-5cm long, 5-7 coarsely toothed lobes; flower petals pink, shallowly notched, 3-5mm long.