Geranium purpureum most resembles the very common geranium robertianum, differing in the smaller flowers, petals which tend to be overlapping and not so spreading, and by the anthers, which are yellow, not pink or orange.
Common name:
Little robin
Family:
Scientific name:
Geranium purpureum
Main flower color:
Range:
Scattered locations in coastal areas of far southwest England
Height:
Up to 30 cm
Habitat:
Dry grassland, coastal bluffs, railways
Flowers:
Up to 15 mm in diameter; five hairy, non-spreading sepals, five unnotched pink petals (usually overlapping), one pistil topped with five pink stigmas, and five anthers, which have bright yellow anthers
Leaves:
Bright green, shiny, sparsely hairy, deeply divided into three or five lobes, themselves divided
Season:
April to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
