Geranium columbinum L.

Family: GERANIACEAE

Genus: Geranium

Catalan common name: Gerani. Rellotges.

Spanish common name: Geranio. Pata de perdiz. Pico de paloma. Pie columbino.

Province distribution: Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Holoartica

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Road sides, herbaceous communities and stony soils.

Characteristics: A very easy to ecognize geranium, as its leaves are very divided and the flowers are puplish-rose in colour. G. dissectum , who also has very divided leaves, lives in completely different environments, close to torrents and palces with wet soils. que també té les fulles molt dividides viu a ambients completament diferents, a prop de torrents i a llocs amb sòls humits; furthermore, the floral peduncle is shorter than the corresponding leaf. (a G. colombinum has the greater length).