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Wild Cranesbill? Or maybe not . . . any ID ideas please?




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Yes. Is the colour true? Where was it growing and how far across are the flowers?
Meadow cranesbill (G. pratense) is about 30cm tall and normally bluer than that - never seen a pinkish one, but it looks the most likely as the leaves are right.

9 Jul, 2016

 

Thank you Sue. The colour is almost true - it was a slightly deeper pink than shown; flower less than 1cm across. This was between a meadow and a river, and the wild flower enthusiasts with me found it tricky to identify in their books. There was masses of foliage which just a few flowers, and the clump perhaps 20cm tall.

9 Jul, 2016

 

Yes its a puzzle then. Did they consider Cut Leafed cranesbill? (C. dissectum) Maybe Landgirl would recognise it.

9 Jul, 2016

 

Yes, Steragram is right - that's Geranium dissectum. The short hairs on the leaf stalk point downwards and the flowers are small compared to the leaves.

9 Jul, 2016

 

Thank you very much, Steragram and Landgirl . . . good to know the right name :)

9 Jul, 2016

 

I have this growing in my unweeded beds. It is very pretty none the less.
not really sure how it ended up in my garden though.

9 Jul, 2016

 

You can show off to your flowers enthusiast friends now! Lol - as if you would...

9 Jul, 2016

 

Lol Sue - I will give you the credit!

9 Jul, 2016

 

I'll share it with Landgirl...

9 Jul, 2016

How do I say thanks?

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