Cut-leaved Crane's-bill
Cut-leaved Crane's-bill - Geranium dissectum
Short to medium hairy plant, Leaves divided almost to the base, and lobes also divided. Flowers purplish pink, with petals 4.5 - 6mm, borne on short stalks. Sepals densely hairy.
there are several other small-flowered Geranium
Small flowers, deeply divided leaves
Waste and cultivated ground, roadsides and hedgebanks.
May to August.
Annual.
Common throughout Britain except in northern Scotland.
Common in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 472 of the 617 tetrads.
David Nicholls
New Lount
14 June 2012
Graham Calow
Sapcote
15 May 2014
David Nicholls
Ashby Canal, Shackerstone
15 September 2012
David Nicholls
Ratby
24 May 2014
HAPeacock
The Orchards
19 June 2012
David Nicholls
New Lount
27 September 2012
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 field near Granitethorpe Sapcote SP 4942 9355 (taken 19.5.2008).JPG)
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Agromyza nigrescens
The larva of the Agromyzid fly Agromyza nigrescens mines the leaves of Geranium and Erodium species. The start of the mine is corridor-like and usually follows the leaf margin, before widening considerably into a secondary blotch, with irregular sides. Primary and secondary feeding lines are clearly visible and frass is mostly in large clumps.