Geranium, Dove's Foot; Geranium molle
Early Bloomer. Tiny pink flowers, 5 petals, low-growing plant. Rounded soft leaves. Plant used for food, medicine.
Notes: Geranium family. A low, nearly prostrate, tiny-flowered species. The rounded, deeply veined leaves have short, blunt lobes. Likes open meadows and woods.
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Kingdom Plantae -- Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta -- Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta -- Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta -- Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida -- Dicotyledons
Subclass Rosidae
Order Geraniales
Family Geraniaceae -- Geranium family
Genus Geranium L. -- geranium
Species Geranium molle L. -- dovefoot geranium
Geranium, Dove's Foot (Geranium molle) |
Closer view of isolated blooms and deeply veined leaves |
Better close-up of the flowers, by Andy Heninger |