Geranium molle (Dove's-foot crane's-bill)

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Geranium molle, photographed by Daniel Cahen — fig. a Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-02 / obs. 202815691

Geranium molle, photographed by P Holroyd — fig. b P Holroyd, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202004729

Geranium molle, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas — fig. c Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203424679

Geranium molle, photographed by Stephen James McWilliam — fig. e Stephen James McWilliam, CC0 1.0 / obs. 202494417

Geranium molle, photographed by J Straka — fig. f J Straka, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 200913083

Geranium molle, photographed by Jerry Lanfear — fig. g Jerry Lanfear, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202868907

Geranium molle, photographed by Kathy Richardson — fig. h Kathy Richardson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 200390268

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Flowering n = 7,487 observations

112

370

1337

2984

1598

421

132

112

148

111

Flowering observations of Geranium molle by month
Month	Observations
Jan	112
Feb	370
Mar	1337
Apr	2984
May	1598
Jun	421
Jul	132
Aug	75
Sep	112
Oct	148
Nov	111
Dec	87

Peak flowering in Apr, from 7,487 community-annotated observations worldwide. This is a global aggregate, not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres, and citizen-science records cluster near cities, at weekends, and in spring. Where a species has fewer than 30 annotated records we do not draw this chart at all.

Also published as 79 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

Geranium abortivum De Not. ex Ces.
Geranium album Picard ex B.D.Jacks.
Geranium album Picard
Geranium argenteum Lucé
Geranium brutium Gasp.
Geranium calabrum Ten.
Geranium leiocaulon Ledeb.
Geranium lucanum Gasp. ex Nyman
Geranium luganense Chenevard
Geranium luganense Chenevard ex Schroet.
Geranium macropetalum (Boiss.) Posp.
Geranium malvifolium Schleich. ex B.D.Jacks.
Geranium malvifolium Schleich. ex DC.
Geranium malvifolium Schleich.
Geranium molle (De Not. ex Ces.) A.Terracc.
Geranium molle f. albiflorum R.Uechtr.
Geranium molle f. annuum (Schur) Gams
Geranium molle f. candidum Beck
Geranium molle f. corymbiferum Just. ex Christiansen
Geranium molle f. pinguis K.Malý
Geranium molle f. seguieri Paol.
Geranium molle f. stipulare (Kunze) K.Malý
Geranium molle f. suaveolens (Boenn. ex Rchb.) Gams
Geranium molle f. subperenne (Schur) Gams

and 55 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.