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Geranium molle - Flower side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower side view; Celeirós, Braga, Portugal; 1/2008 © Jörn Germer

Geranium molle - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Celeirós, Braga, Portugal; 2/2004 © Jörn Germer

Geranium molle - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Celeirós, Braga, Portugal; 1/2008 © Jörn Germer

Geranium molle - Leaves - Click to enlarge!

Leaves; Celeirós, Braga, Portugal; 2/2004 © Jörn Germer

Geranium molle - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Celeirós, Braga, Portugal; 1/2008 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 47
Date of entry: 10.06.2005
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Dovefoot geranium

German: Weicher Storchschnabel

Mandarin: 软毛老鹳草 (ruan mao lao guan cao)

Portuguese: Bico-de-pomba-menor

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2605)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2502)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2117)

      Order: Geraniales (35)

        Family: Geraniaceae (17)(family description)

          Genus: Geranium (13)

            Epithet: molle L. (5)

Synonym: Geranium album Picard

album => dead white, without lustre

molle => soft, tender, usually meaning pubescent like velvet

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: violet, pink

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