Seasonal Wild Flowers

Cut-leaved Crane's-bill

Geranium dissectum

Geraniaceae

May to September

It is found throughout the country.

See the BSBI distribution map for Cut-leaved Crane's-bill

It grows on disturbed, nutrient-rich habitats such as,

grasslands, hedge banks, waste ground, and as a

garden and agricultural weed.

It is an archaeophyte.

Cut-leaved Crane's-bill is a sprawlling, scrambling, annual

herb, growing up to 60cm.

The flowers are small (up to 1cm across), pink to purple,

with notched petals.

Sepals are longer than the petals and have a distinct

bristle.

The beak of the fruit is glandular, pink-tipped and up

to 12mm.

Leaves are divided into 5 to 7 linear lobes.

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Cut-leaved Crane's-bill, Beaminster Down

5-part stigma and blue anthers

Hairy, bristled sepals

Hairy fruit, carpels and sepals

Lower leaves

Upper leaves