*Geranium dissectum Linnaeus. Common name: Cutleaf Crane's-bill. Phenology: Apr-Aug. Habitat: Roadsides, pastures, disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of Europe, c. Asia, n. Africa.
Origin/Endemic status: Europe
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, F, FNA13, G, K4, Mo3, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S, S13, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WV, Aedo (2012). Basionym: Geranium dissectum L. 1755
Links to other floras: = Geranium dissectum - FNA13
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Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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Intro: Erect to spreading annual of roadsides, pastures and other disturbed areas. Native of Europe, c. Asia and n. Africa.
Stems: Stems loosely branched, hairy.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, long-petiolate (some upper leaves may be sessile), roundish and divided into 5-7 more or less deeply cleft lobes, these further dissected into linear segments; very hairy.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in pairs, on stalks from leaf axils; dark pink; vaguely funnel-shaped; consisting of 5 shallowly notched petals and 5 glandular-hairy sepals bearing a spine at the tip.
Fruits: Fruit a long-beaked capsule that splits into 5 pieces curling upward.
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Height: 6-24 in.
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description: Erect to spreading annual of roadsides, pastures and other disturbed areas. Native of Europe, c. Asia and n. Africa.
stems: Stems loosely branched, hairy.
leaves: Leaves alternate, long-petiolate (some upper leaves may be sessile), roundish and divided into 5-7 more or less deeply cleft lobes, these further dissected into linear segments; very hairy.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in pairs, on stalks from leaf axils; dark pink; vaguely funnel-shaped; consisting of 5 shallowly notched petals and 5 glandular-hairy sepals bearing a spine at the tip.
fruits: Fruit a long-beaked capsule that splits into 5 pieces curling upward.
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