Common name:
Hedgerow cranesbill
Family:
Scientific name:
Geranium pyrenaicum
Main flower color:
Range:
England, Wales, Ireland and southern Scotland; most common in southern England. Thought to be an introduced species, though long-established
Height:
Up to 60 cm
Habitat:
Verges, grassland
Flowers:
White to dull purple; five deeply notched petals each with five pinnate veins, and five sparsely hairy sepals, lacking bristles at the tips. Flowers form in pairs, attached by long, slender pedicels, covered by very short hairs
Leaves:
Long-stalked, round in outline, up to 8 cm across, divided about half way into five or seven segments, with shallow marginal lobes
Season:
June to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
