Dovefoot Geranium

Geranium molle L.

Geraniaceae (Geranium Family)

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·         Dovefoot Geranium:  (pp. 244-245, Weeds of the Northeast—not in Weeds of the Great Plains)

o   similar to Carolina geranium, except leaves and plant smaller, less deeply lobed

o   flowers deeper pink, about ¼” across, with purple-blue stigma lobes and 10 stamens

o   seed pods are hairless, but wrinkled (need magnifying glass to see)

o   leaves on flowering stems usually more deeply lobed than on smallflower geranium

o   increasing in southwest Missouri