Dove's-foot Crane's-bill, Geranio de los caminos

Description:

Small plant reaching on average 5–30 centimetres in height. It is a very branched plant, quite hairy, with several ascending stems. The leaves are palmate, cut 5 to 9 times. The basal leaves are arranged in a rosette, the upper ones are sessile, rounded and hairy, with a long petiole of about 5–12 millimetres. The flowers are pinkish-purple, 8-12 mm in diameter, with very jagged petals. It blooms from April to September. The flowers are hermaphrodite and mainly pollinated by Hymenoptera. Fruits are glabrous, usually with 6-9 transverse ridges.Notice the purple colour of the anthers and the greenish colour of the polen.

Habitat:

Small prairie in a pine-tree forest

Notes:

Camera Model: NIKON D300. Exposure Time: 1/60 sec. f/32; ISO Speed Rating: 400. Exposure Bias: -1 EV. Focal Length: 90.0 mm. Flash fired