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Geranium molle (Dovesfoot cranesbill)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Order: Geraniales > Family: Geraniaceae > Genus: Geranium

Geranium molle growing along roadside in the southern suburbs of Cape Town. [photos H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Native to western and central Europe; naturalised in southern Africa where it is found in disturbed situations such as along suburban roadverges.

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