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Dovefoot Geranium

Geranium molle L.

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Foodplant / open feeder
larva (later) of Aricia agestis grazes on live leaf of Geranium molle

Foodplant / parasite
mainly epiphyllous, becoming superficial pseudothecium of Coleroa circinans parasitises live leaf of Geranium molle
Remarks: season: 10-4

Foodplant / open feeder
Limobius borealis grazes on leaf of Geranium molle

Foodplant / parasite
sporangium of Peronospora conglomerata parasitises live Geranium molle
Other: major host/prey

Foodplant / parasite
sporangium of Plasmopara pusilla parasitises live Geranium molle
Other: unusual host/prey

Foodplant / parasite
cleistothecium of Podosphaera fugax parasitises live Geranium molle

Foodplant / spot causer
hypophyllous colony of Ramularia anamorph of Ramularia geranii causes spots on live leaf of Geranium molle

Foodplant / parasite
hypophyllous telium of Uromyces geranii parasitises live leaf of Geranium molle

Foodplant / spot causer
aggregated, immersed pseudothecium of Venturia geranii causes spots on live leaf of Geranium molle
Remarks: season: 11-5

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Although found as a naturalized weed in Taiwan, this species could be found as a native plant near the W boundaries of China, because its natural area includes the W Himalayas. This species also grows as an introduced weed in America and Australia.
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Flora of China Vol. 11: 8, 10, 13, 14 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Description

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Annuals. Stem 10-45 cm tall, erect or decumbent, not rooting at nodes, with 1-1.7 mm patent nonglandular trichomes and 0.2-0.5 mm patent glandular and nonglandular trichomes. Stipules lanceolate, distinct. Leaves alternate; petiole with 1-1.5 mm patent nonglandular trichomes and 0.2-0.5 mm glandular and nonglandular trichomes; leaf blade 0.9-4 cm, palmately cleft, ratio of main sinus/middle segment length = 0.5-0.75, pilose with appressed nonglandular trichomes; segments 5, obtriangular, 1.5-5 mm wide at base, 3(or 4)-lobed at apex, ratio of second sinus/middle segment length = 0.14-0.25. Cymules solitary, 2-flowered; peduncle 0.5-8 cm. Pedicel 0.5-1.5 cm, with 1-1.8 mm patent nonglandular trichomes and 0.2-0.5 mm patent glandular and nonglandular trichomes; bracteoles lanceolate. Sepals (1-)2.5-5.5(-6) mm, mucro 0.1-0.2 mm, ratio of mucro/sepal length = 0.03-0.1, outside with 1-1.5 mm patent nonglandular trichomes and 0.2-0.5 mm ± patent nonglandular and glandular trichomes, outside glabrous. Petals bright purple, 3-8.5(-10.5) mm, erect to patent, both surfaces glabrous, margin basally ciliate, apex emarginate with a 1-2.5 mm notch. Staminal filaments whitish, lanceolate, glabrous except proximal half with some 0.1-0.2 mm cilia; anthers purplish, 0.7-1.5 mm. Nectaries 5, hemispheric, glabrous. Stigma purplish. Fruit 0.8-1.4 cm, erect when immature; mericarps transversely wrinkled, without a basal callus, glabrous but with a few cilia at base; rostrum 6-11 mm, with a 1-3 mm narrowed apex; stigmatic remains 1-2 mm. Seeds 1.4-1.8 mm. Fl. May, fr. May. 2n = 26.
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Distribution

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Naturalized in Taiwan [native to Afghanistan, N Africa, W Asia, Europe, Kashmir, Russia].
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Habitat

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Waste places, open habitats, dry grasslands, roadsides; 1800-1900 m.
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Comprehensive Description

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Geranium molle L,. Sp. PI. 682. 1753 Annual or biennial. Stems branched at the base, the branches spreading or decumbent, 1-5 dm. long, often forking, finely pubescent ; leaf-blades reniform to orbicular-reniform in outline, 2-6 cm. broad, those of the lower leaves 6-9-cleft, those of the upper 3-5-cleft or parted, the divisions toothed or lobed at the apex ; petioles pubescent like the branches; pedicels in pairs, minutely but copiously glandular-pubescent ; sepals elliptic to ovate, 3-4 mm. long, awnless; petals deep-purple, obovate, truncate or emarginate at the apex, somewhat longer than the sepals; stamens 10; style-column 8-9 mm. long at maturity, short-beaked; carpel-bodies 2-2.5 mm. long, wrinkled; seeds smooth.
Type locality : Europe.
Distribution : Maine to Vancouver Island, North Carolina, and Ohio. Naturalized from Europe.
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John Kunkel Small, Lenda Tracy Hanks, Nathaniel Lord Britton. 1907. GERANIALES, GERANIACEAE, OXALIDACEAE, LINACEAE, ERYTHROXYLACEAE. North American flora. vol 25(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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Geranium molle

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Geranium molle, the dove's-foot crane's-bill[1] or dovesfoot geranium,[2] is an annual herbaceous plant of the family Geraniaceae.

Description

Geranium molle is a small plant reaching on average 5–30 centimetres (2.0–11.8 in) in height.[3] It is a very branched plant, quite hairy, with several ascending stems. The leaves are palmate, cut 5 to 9 times. The basal leaves are arranged in a rosette, the upper ones are sessile, rounded and hairy, with a long petiole of about 5–12 millimetres (0.20–0.47 in).[3] The flowers are pinkish-purple, 8–12 mm in diameter, with very jagged petals. It blooms from April to September. The flowers are hermaphrodite and mainly pollinated by Hymenoptera. Fruits are glabrous, usually with 6-9 transverse ridges.[3]

Synonyms

  • Geranium luganense Chenevard [4]
  • Geranium abortivum De Not. ex Ces.
  • Geranium brutium [b] micranthum N.Terracc.
  • Geranium brutium Gasp.
  • Geranium calabrum Ten.
  • Geranium leiocaulon Ledeb.
  • Geranium x luganense Chenevard
  • Geranium macropetalum (Boiss.) Posp.
  • Geranium molle [a] triviale (A.Terracc.) Gortani & M.Gortani
  • Geranium molle [b] caespitosum (N.Terracc.) Graebn.
  • Geranium molle [b] leiocaulon (Ledeb.) Graebn.
  • Geranium molle [B] pinguis (K.Malý) Graebn.
  • Geranium molle [B] stipulare (Kunze) Graebn.
  • Geranium molle [c] parvulum (Ten.) Graebn.
  • Geranium molle f. albiflorum R.Uechtr.
  • Geranium molle f. annuum (Schur) Gams
  • Geranium molle f. candidum Beck
  • Geranium molle f. pinguis K.Malý
  • Geranium molle f. stipulare (Kunze) K.Malý
  • Geranium molle f. subperenne (Schur) Gams
  • Geranium molle [frm.] glabrata A.Terracc.
  • Geranium molle [frm.] pygmaea A.Terracc.
  • Geranium molle [frm.] sepincola A.Terracc.
  • Geranium molle [frm.] tenuisecta A.Terracc.
  • Geranium molle [frm.] trivialis A.Terracc.
  • Geranium molle [frm.] villosissima A.Terracc.
  • Geranium molle [I] annuum (Schur) Graebn.
  • Geranium molle [I] triviale A.Terrac. ex Graebn.
  • Geranium molle [II] subperenne (Schur) Graebn.
  • Geranium molle [II] tenuisecta (A.Terracc.) Graebn.
  • Geranium molle [l] album (Picard) Graebn.
  • Geranium molle [l] suaveolens (Boenn. ex Rchb.) Graebn.
  • Geranium molle subf. abortiva (De Not. ex Cesati) A.Terracc.
  • Geranium molle subsp. brutium (Gasp.) Graebn.
  • Geranium molle subsp. brutium (Gasp.) P.H.Davis
  • Geranium molle subsp. normale A.Terracc.
  • Geranium molle subsp. pollinense A.Terracc.
  • Geranium molle subsp. sinjaricum Al-Shehbaz & Al-Khakani
  • Geranium molle subsp. stipulare (Kunze) Dostál
  • Geranium molle subsp. stipulare (Kunze) Holmboe
  • Geranium molle subsp. stipulare (Kunze) Soó
  • Geranium molle subsp. villosum (Ten.) A.Terracc.
  • Geranium molle subvar. macropetalum (Boiss.) Gams
  • Geranium molle var. abortivum (De Not. ex Ces.) Ces., Pass. & Gibelli
  • Geranium molle var. abortivum (De Not. ex Ces.) Nyman
  • Geranium molle var. album Picard
  • Geranium molle var. annuum Schur
  • Geranium molle var. arenarium A.Terracc.
  • Geranium molle var. brutium (Gasp.) K.Malý
  • Geranium molle var. caespitosum N.Terracc.
  • Geranium molle var. caucasicum Regel ex Woronow
  • Geranium molle var. corymbiferum Just.
  • Geranium molle var. diffusum Ten. ex A.Terracc.
  • Geranium molle var. elatum Ten. ex A.Terracc.
  • Geranium molle var. graecum A.Terracc.
  • Geranium molle var. grandiflorum Lange
  • Geranium molle var. grandiflorum Lojac.
  • Geranium molle var. grandiflorum Vis.
  • Geranium molle var. grandiflorum Viv.
  • Geranium molle var. lucanum Gasp. ex Nyman
  • Geranium molle var. macropetalum Boiss.
  • Geranium molle var. maioriflorum Borbás
  • Geranium molle var. maritimum Lojac.
  • Geranium molle var. minus Chevall.
  • Geranium molle var. montanum A.Terracc.
  • Geranium molle var. montanum A.Terracc. ex N.Terracc.
  • Geranium molle var. parvulum Ten.
  • Geranium molle var. stipulare (Kunze) Nyman
  • Geranium molle var. suaveolens Boenn. ex Rchb.
  • Geranium molle var. suaveolens (Boenn. ex Rchb.) Gams
  • Geranium molle var. subperenne Schur
  • Geranium molle var. supinum Fouc. & Jouss.
  • Geranium molle var. typicum Posp.
  • Geranium molle var. villosum (Ten.) Cout.
  • Geranium molle var. vulcanicum A.Terracc.
  • Geranium x oenense Borbás ex Hallier
  • Geranium pollinense N.Terracc. ex A.Terracc.
  • Geranium pseudovillosum Schur
  • Geranium punctatum Kanitz
  • Geranium pyrenaicum subsp. villosum (Ten.) Nyman
  • Geranium stipulare Kunze
  • Geranium villosum var. gracile Sennen
  • Geranium villosum var. villosissimum Ten.
  • Geranium villosum Ten.

Distribution and habitat

It is native to the Mediterranean and sub-Mediterranean areas, but has naturalized in other parts of Europe, in southwestern and central Asia and in North Africa, though it may have already been in those parts and areas, just not properly identified. It is considered an introduced species in North America, where it is known as Dovefoot Geranium or Awnless Geranium. Although non-native in parts of its range, this species poses little threat to native ecosystems.[5]

It is found in dry meadows, hedges, banks and forest edges. It prefers sunny places on sandy and relatively dry soils, at an altitude of 0–1,000 metres (0–3,281 ft) above sea level.[3]

Herbal medicine

Nicholas Culpeper in his herbal of 1652 suggested a variety of uses for G. molle, including the treatment of internal and external injuries. A note was made that the bruised leaf healed external injuries faster. A decoction in wine was said to relieve gout and other joint pains.[6]

Gallery

  • Figure from Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen, 1796

    Figure from Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen, 1796

  • Plant of Geranium molle

    Plant of Geranium molle

  • Leaves, buds, flower

    Leaves, buds, flower

  • Flowers of Geranium molle

    Flowers of Geranium molle

  • Close-up of a flower of Geranium molle

    Close-up of a flower of Geranium molle

  • Immature fruit

    Immature fruit

  • Hairy stem of Geranium molle

    Hairy stem of Geranium molle

  • Young leaves of Geranium molle var. Brutium.

    Young leaves of Geranium molle var. Brutium.

  • Leaf colouring from spring (top left) to autumn (bottom right)

    Leaf colouring from spring (top left) to autumn (bottom right)

References

  1. ^ BSBI 2007 list, Botanical Society of the British Isles, 2007, archived from the original on 2009-07-07, retrieved 2012-02-02
  2. ^ Pojar and MacKinnon (1994), Plants of Coastal British Columbia
  3. ^ a b c d Pignatti S. - Flora d'Italia – Edagricole – 1982. Vol. II, pag. 10
  4. ^ Synonyms from Catalogue of life
  5. ^ E-FLORA BC: ELECTRONIC ATLAS OF THE FLORA OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
  6. ^ Culpeper, Nicholas (1652), The English physitian: or an astrologo-physical discourse of the vulgar herbs of this nation, London: Peter Cole

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Geranium molle: Brief Summary

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Geranium molle, the dove's-foot crane's-bill or dovesfoot geranium, is an annual herbaceous plant of the family Geraniaceae.

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