Photographs: Warren Strand, Co. Cork

Long-stalked Crane's-bill Geranium columbinum Crobh coilm Family: Geraniaceae Flowering time: May-September. Annual. Native. Purplish-pink flowers on long stalks, petals usually un-notched. Fruits hairless or sparsely hairy. Leaves long-stalked, deeply divided into 5-7 lobes. Lobes divided into linear segments. Upper leaves opposite. Scrambling / sub-erect, sparsely hairy plant. Height: 15-50 cm Dry, mainly calcareous soils. Grassland, scrub, rocky ground. Scattered distribution in Ireland, mainly found in S, W, NE and central Ireland.

Long-stalked Cranes-bill, Geranium columbinum, Crobh coilm