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''Geranium columbinum'', common name long-stalked crane's-bill or longstalk cranesbill, is a
''Geranium columbinum'' reaches on average in height, with a maximum of .Pignatti S. - Flora d'Italia – Edagricole – 1982. Vol. II, pag. 10 The stem is more or less erect, hairy and quite branched. The leaves are opposite, approximately pentagonal and palmate and the leaf lobes have two to three deep cuts making it similar in shape to a pigeon's foot (hence the Latin epithet ''columbinus''). The flowers are pink to purple, in size, with five obovate-heart-shaped petals as long as the sepals. The petals are 7–9 mm long, with distinctive veining. The flowering period extends from March to September. The flowers are
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File:Geranium columbinum 20100522 b.jpg, Flower of ''Geranium columbinum''
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Acta Plantarum
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Geranium columbinum
columbinum Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Geraniaceae-stub
herbaceous
Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground. This broad category of plants includes many perennials, and nearly all annuals and biennials.
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annual plant
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in the family Geraniaceae.
Description
''Geranium columbinum'' reaches on average in height, with a maximum of .Pignatti S. - Flora d'Italia – Edagricole – 1982. Vol. II, pag. 10 The stem is more or less erect, hairy and quite branched. The leaves are opposite, approximately pentagonal and palmate and the leaf lobes have two to three deep cuts making it similar in shape to a pigeon's foot (hence the Latin epithet ''columbinus''). The flowers are pink to purple, in size, with five obovate-heart-shaped petals as long as the sepals. The petals are 7–9 mm long, with distinctive veining. The flowering period extends from March to September. The flowers are hermaphrodite
In reproductive biology, a hermaphrodite () is an organism that has both kinds of reproductive organs and can produce both gametes associated with male and female sexes.
Many Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic groups of animals (mostly invertebrate ...
and pollinated by insects (entomogamy
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).
Distribution
This plant is present throughout Europe, Western Asia and Northern Africa. It has also been introduced into North America.Habitat
''Geranium columbinum'' prefers moderately dry, nutrient-rich calcareous soils, in woods, hedgerows and roadsides, at an altitude of above sea level.Gallery
References
*Acta Plantarum
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Biolib
Geranium columbinum
columbinum Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Geraniaceae-stub