Geranium dissectumL. Cut-leaved Cranesbill

Geranium dissectumL. - Cut-leaved Cranesbill

Scientific Description:

Annual, 10−50 cm, adpressed-pubescent. Lower leaves palmatisect to more than 4/5, 2−5 cm diam; segments rhombic-cuneate, deeply incised or pinnatifid into oblong laciniae; upper leaves opposite, usually distinctly petiolate and more deeply dissected. Pedicels 6−12 mm, glandular-pubescent, spreading in fruit. Sepals 5−7 mm; awn 0.5−2 mm. Petals 4−6 mm, emarginate, carmine or purple. Mericarps densely pubescent, not wrinkled. Seeds foveolate.

 

Flowering time: April−May.

Habitat: Damp places, including fields, banks, marshes, s.l.−400 m.

 

Reference:

Davis PH (1967). Geranium dissectum L., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2: 461.

Public Description:

Geranium dissectum, known as “cut-leaved cranesbill”, is distributed in Türkiye and Europe. It is an annual herb with carmine or purple flowers, up to 50 cm in length and have deeply divided leaves. It blooms between April and May and is found in damp places, including fields, banks, marshes. In folk medicine, infusions and extracts of this plant have been used especially in the treatment of diarrhoea and haemorrhoids.

 

References:

Anonymous 1 (2016). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geranium_dissectum/, Accessed date: 13.02.2016.

Anonymous 2 (2016). http://www.first-nature.com/flowers/geranium-dissectum.php/, Accessed date: 13.02.2016.

Ekim T (2012). Geranium L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 517–520.