Nederlands: Zachte ooievaarsbek
Español: Geranio de los caminos
Français: Géranium à feuilles molles - Géranium mou - Géranium mollet
Deutsch: Weicher Storchschnabel
Family: Geraniaceae - Geranium family
Flowering time: April-September (February- September in southern Europe)
Height: 5-30cm
Altitude: to 2000m
Colour: pink-purple
Flower: 6-10mm in laxed clusters, petals deeply notched
Leaves: grey-green, three-lobed at the top; upper leaves more deeply lobed
Habitat: dry meadows, hedges, banks, waste ground, lawns, sand-dunes, roadsides
Distribution: native to the Mediterranean and sub-Mediterranean areas, naturalized in other parts of Europe
Notes: Geranium molle is pollinated by insects and self-pollinated when not visited by insects. Dove's-foot Crane's-bill is one of the foodplants of Aricia agestis (Brown Argus). This butterfly lays eggs on the underside of leaves.
Related key words: Kralingse Bos Rotterdam, Kapittelduinen Hoek van Holland, waardplant, Andalucía, Andalusië, roadside plant
