Dove's-foot Geranium - introduced (*Geranium molle)

Family: Geraniaceae (Geranium family).

Natives of Europe.

Occurrence: Locally abundant.

Identification:

• the leaves are round and partly divided into lobes
• the leaves are softly hairy
• the pink-magenta flowers are in pairs
• the tips of the petals are notched
• it is low growing to prostrate
the flowers are "regular" i.e. the five petals are radially symmetrical.

Notes: As with other members of the geranium family, the fruit are beaked.

Photos 1: Dove's-foot Crane's-bill. Brownlau.
Potted plant. Riddells Creek.
Maldon garden.

Native geraniums Native geraniums Geranium gardneri
Semi-succulent, often forming dense mats. Stems hairy with backward pointing hairs. Geranium sp. 5.