Israel flowers: Dove’s-Foot Crane’s-Bill
Geranium molle, Soft crane’s-bill, Dove’s-Foot Crane’s-Bill,
Hebrew: גרניון רך, Arabic: أبرة الراعي
| Scientific name: | Geranium molle L. | |
| Common name: | Soft crane’s-bill,Dove’s-Foot Crane’s-Bill | |
| Hebrew name: | גרניון רך | |
| Arabic name: | أبرة الراعي | |
| Español: | Geranio de los caminos | |
| 中文-Chinese: | 柔毛牻牛儿苗 | |
| Family: | Geraniaceae, גרניים |
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| Life form: | Annual | |
| Stems: | 10-40 cm tall; decumbent to erect, soft-hairy | |
| Leaves: | Alternate, dissected, notched outline | |
| Inflorescence: | Axillary and terminal pedunculate umbels of 2-3 flowers | |
| Flowers: | Pink petals, shallowly notched, 3-5 mm long, soft-hairy; sepals slightly shorter than the petals, the tips abruptly pointed | |
| Fruits / pods: | Carpels, glabrous, finely cross-wrinkled; styles 6-8 mm long, the beak 1-2 mm long; seeds orbicular, glabrous; seed smooth | |
| Flowering Period: | February, March, April, May | |
| Habitat: | Batha, Phrygana | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon | |
| Chorotype: | Med – Euro-Siberian | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
 Derivation of the botanical name: Geranium, from Greek γέρανος geranos, a crane; in allusion to the long beak of the carpels.
molle, soft, pliant.
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