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| Life form: |
| Annual |
| Stems: |
| 10-40 cm tall; decumbent to erect, soft-hairy |
| Leaves: |
| Alternate, dissected, notched outline |
| Inflorescence: |
| Axillary and terminal pedunculate umbels of 2-3 flowers |
| Flowers: |
| Pink petals, shallowly notched, 3-5 mm long, soft-hairy; sepals slightly shorter than the petals, the tips abruptly pointed |
| Fruits / pods: |
| Carpels, glabrous, finely cross-wrinkled; styles 6-8 mm long, the beak 1-2 mm long; seeds orbicular, glabrous; seed smooth |
| Flowering Period: |
| February, March, April, May |
| Habitat: |
| Batha, Phrygana |
| Distribution: |
| Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon |
| Chorotype: |
| Med - Euro-Siberian |
| Summer shedding: |
| Ephemeral |
Derivation of the botanical name:
Geranium, Greek geranos, a crane; in allusion to the long beak of the carpels.
molle, soft, pliant.
- The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.
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