Scientific name: Geranium dissectum L.
Common name: Cut-leaved 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 deeply lobed.
Flowers: Purple, actinomorphic, hermaphrodite, 8-10 mm across in pairs on a short (to 2.5 cm) flower stalk; sepals and petals both 5 and free, petals notched at tip; stamens 10; ovary superior.
Fruits: A dry, densely 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: Roadsides, pastures, field-margins, stony ground and occasionally in cultivated ground.Distribution: Frequent throughout.
Native status: Native
Of conservation interest: No