Geranium molle, L.

31. G. molle L. View in CoL View at ENA , Sp. PI. 682 (1753).

Denselypubescent, usually greyish-green annual, perhaps rarely perennial; stems 10-40 cm, decumbent or ascending, branched from the base, with long, soft white hairs and shorter, often glandular hairs. Basal leaves 1 *5-4 cm wide, divided for 70 % of the radius into 5-7 obovate- cuneate, shortly 3-fid lobes; uppermost leaves alternate, sessile. Lowest leaves of inflorescence considerably exceeding subtended peduncle, and with petiole considerably longer than lamina. Sepals 4-5 mm, shortly mucronate; petals 3-7 mm, deeply emarginate, pinkish-purple. Filaments glabrous. Mericarps glabrous, usually with transverse ridges. 2zi = 26. Europe, except the extreme north. All except Is Rs (N) Sb, but only as a natural­ ized alien in Fa.