Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Geranium molle L.
Family : GERANIACEAE
Genus : Geranium
Catalan common name : Gerani. Rellotges. Suassana.
Province distribution : Alicante. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castellón. Gerona. Lérida. Tarragona. Valencia.
Distribution in the islands : Cabrera. Formentera. Ibiza. Mallorca. Minorca.
General distribution : Holoartica
Flowering time : February. March. April. May. June. July. August. September.
Life-forms : Terophyte.
Habitat : Cultivated fields, path and road sides.
IUCN Category : Poco preocupante
Characteristics : This is an annual cycle geranium which is quite common in fields, and in the surrounding terophitic communities. The leaves have a rounded outline with not very deep lobules. It forms small pink flowers, with each petal profoundly divided into two lobules; if it is not looked at carefully, it seems to have ten petals. This feature easily differentiates it from Geranium rotundifolium which forms petals which are only slightly notched.
