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Geranium rotundifolium
Also called Roundleaf Geranium, Round Leaf Crane's Bill
Round-leaved crane's-bill is a small, low annual wildflower of dry, sandy or stony ground, often seen on walls and rubble. It is a hardy weed-like plant that is easy to grow from seed in sunny, well-drained spots.
Geranium rotundifolium (round-leaved crane's-bill), is a species of annual herb in the family Geraniaceae. It is native in temperate climates across much of Europe, northern Africa, and southwestern Asia; its distribution is spreading north, in response to global warming. The species favours dry, sandy or stony habitat, including old walls, rail ballast, and building rubble, including in urban areas.
The basal leaves are simple, 3–6 cm across, broad rounded kidney-shaped, with a shallowly lobed margin; leaves higher up the stem are smaller and more deeply lobed. The flowering stems can grow to 20 cm tall; both the stems and leaves are hairy with glandular hairs. The flowers are small, 10–16 mm diameter, pink, with five petals with a rounded to shallowly two-lobed apex (unlike similar related species, which have a more deeply notched petal apex).
Geranium aculeolatum · Geranium albanum · Geranium antisanae · Hawai'i red cranesbill · Geranium argenteum · Geranium aristatum · Geranium asphodeloides · Bicknell's cranesbill · Geranium bohemicum · Alpine Crane's Bill · Pineywoods geranium · California cranesbill
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Geranium rotundifolium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
