What is this plant please

KarenS · #1 (**permalink**) 27-04-2009, 04:57 PM

I am just a beginner to IDing plants and I need a little help. Can anybody tell me what it is please. It is slightly hairy all over. The flowers are in groups of 7 or 8 and the petals are rounded.

treecreeper · #2 (**permalink**) 27-04-2009, 05:56 PM

A garden geranium of some kind. Quite close to the pencilled cranesbill Geranium versicolor; hairy stem is there but petals aren't quite right. The bold red markings at the base of the petals are reminiscent of some varieties of knotted cranesbill, Geranium nodosum.

One for the gardeners maybe....

TC

KarenS · #3 (**permalink**) 27-04-2009, 06:00 PM

Ah right, thank you. I thought it was something wild as it just appeared in the garden and has spread like mad, but I couldn't find anything in the books. My mum said some it seemed like some kind of geranium.