Cut-leaved Crane's-bill - Geranium dissectum

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Description

Short to medium hairy plant, Leaves divided almost to the base, and lobes also divided. Flowers purplish pink, with petals 4.5 - 6mm, borne on short stalks. Sepals densely hairy.

Similar Species

there are several other small-flowered Geranium

Identification difficulty
ID checklist (your specimen should have all of these features)

Small flowers, deeply divided leaves

Habitat

Waste and cultivated ground, roadsides and hedgebanks.

When to see it

May to August.

Life History

Annual.

UK Status

Common throughout Britain except in northern Scotland.

VC55 Status

Common in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 472 of the 617 tetrads.

  • David Nicholls
    New Lount
    14 June 2012
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    15 May 2014
  • David Nicholls
    Ashby Canal, Shackerstone
    15 September 2012
  • David Nicholls
    Ratby
    24 May 2014
  • HAPeacock
    The Orchards
    19 June 2012
  • David Nicholls
    New Lount
    27 September 2012

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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Species data profile ?

Species profile

Common names
Cut-leaved Crane's-bill
Species group:
flowering plant
Kingdom:
Plantae
Order:
Geraniales
Family:
Geraniaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
448
First record:
21/09/1998 (Anthony Fletcher)
Last record:
14/08/2025 (Nicholls, David)

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% of records within its species group

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Latest records

  • Graham Calow
    Higham on the Hill
    25 May 2015
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    19 May 2008
  • HAPeacock
    Gilroes Cemetery Extension
    19 June 2012
  • Barbara Cooper
    Long Clawson
    28 May 2012
  • David Nicholls
    Watermead Country Park
    06 September 2012
  • Graham Calow
    M69 Island, Sapcote
    10 May 2007
  • David Gould
    The Spearwort Fields
    14 August 2013
  • David Nicholls
    Bagworth Heath
    19 May 2011
  • David Nicholls
    New Lount
    09 June 2011
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    29 May 2014
  • Ron.stevens
    Broughton Astley
    15 May 2011
  • Ron.stevens
    Broughton Astley
    15 June 2011
  • Barbara Cooper
    Long Clawson
    28 May 2012
  • David Nicholls
    Evington Park
    25 May 2012
  • HAPeacock
    The Orchards
    19 June 2012
  • HAPeacock
    The Orchards
    19 June 2012
  • Alan Semper
    Harby, canal
    25 June 2012
  • HAPeacock
    The Orchards
    26 June 2012
  • David Nicholls
    Watermead Country Park
    06 September 2012
  • David Nicholls
    Ashby Canal, Shackerstone
    15 September 2012
  • David Nicholls
    Ashby Canal, Shackerstone
    15 September 2012
  • David Nicholls
    New Lount
    27 September 2012
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    30 May 2013
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    26 September 2013
  • David Gould
    Croft Hill, Leics
    17 July 2014
  • Graham Calow
    Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
    15 August 2014
  • David Gould
    Wolsey Island, Leicester
    15 May 2015
  • David Nicholls
    Desford
    25 May 2015
Photo of the association

Agromyza nigrescens

The larva of the Agromyzid fly Agromyza nigrescens mines the leaves of Geranium and Erodium species. The start of the mine is corridor-like and usually follows the leaf margin, before widening considerably into a secondary blotch, with irregular sides. Primary and secondary feeding lines are clearly visible and frass is mostly in large clumps.