Photographs: Barleycove, Co. Cork

Dove's-foot Crane's-bill Geranium molle Crobh bog Family: Geraniaceae Flowering time: April-September. Annual. Native. Pink flowers with 10 stamens, the deeply notched petals longer than the sepals. Hairless, ridged fruit with smooth seeds. The grey-green leaves are rounded with 5-7 lobes, each 3-lobed at top. Upper leaves are alternate and very deeply divided. Long white hairs on semi-prostrate stems. Very variable plant. Height 5-25cm Dry sandy or calcareous soil. Grassland, dunes, arable, waste ground. Similar: Round-leaved Crane's-bill, G. rotundifolium.

Doves-foot Crane's-bill, Geranium molle, Crobh bog