Dovefoot Geranium

Dovefoot Geranium

Geranium molle L.

Geraniaceae (Geranium Family)

▲ ▼ young plants

young plant ▲

▲ ▼ mature, flowering plants

▲ ▼ flowers

▲ comparison between flowers of dovefoot geranium (right) and smallflower geranium (right)

▲ comparison between flowering stems of smallflower geranium (top) and dovefoot geranium (bottom)

▲ comparison of wrinkled fruit of dovefoot geranium (left), with more hairy, but not wrinkled fruit of smallflower geranium (right)

▲ leaf comparison among annual geraniums: Carolina geranium (lower left), dovefoot geranium (top center), and smallflower geranium (right)

Dovefoot Geranium:

similar to Carolina geranium, except leaves and plant smaller, less deeply lobed
flowers are deep pink, about 1/4" across, with 5 notched petals, purple-blue stigma lobes and 10 stamens
seed pods are hairless, but wrinkled (need magnifying glass to see)
leaves on flowering stems usually more deeply lobed than on smallflower geranium
increasing in southwest Missouri