Geranium molle L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Dove’s-foot Crane’s-bill
🇫🇷 Géranium mou, Géranium à feuilles molles

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superrosids
Clade: Rosids
Clade: Malvids
Order: Geraniales
Family: Geraniaceae
Tribe: Geranieae
Genus: Geranium
Species: Geranium molle

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with G. pusillum L., 1759, which has flowers with 5 stamens and 5 staminodes, and stems and sepals covered with shorter, regular hairs, while G. molle has flowers with 10 stamens and stems and sepals covered with longer, irregular hairs.

Possible confusion with G. pyrenaicum Burm.f., 1759, which has stems and sepals covered with shorter, regular hairs.