Scientific name: Geranium columbinum L.
Common name: Long-stalked Crane's-bill
Description
Habit: A sparsely hairy annual, to 60 cm high.
Stems: Semi-erect or spreading.
Leaves: Opposite, with stipules, lobed almost to the base and each of the 5 lobes further divided into linear segments.
Flowers: Pink-purple, actinomorphic, hermaphrodite, 8-10 mm across, in pairs on long (3-10 cm) flowering stalks; sepals and petals both 5 and free, petals notched at tip; stamens 10; ovary superior.
Fruits: A dry, sparsely hairy, smooth schizocarp, consisting of five 1-seeded portions which are at first united but later peeling away separately from the central axis, each with a long, persistent and straight style.
Habitat: Disturbed shallow soils over limestone.Distribution: Rather rare.
Native status: Native
Of conservation interest: No