Crane's-bill (Geranium) Family [Geraniaceae] |
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10th June 2009, Extinct Newbiggin on Lune/Kirby Stephen Railway. | Photo: © RWD |
Parallel lines of Wood Crane's-bill each side of the cutting continuing for a kilometre. |
10th June 2009, Extinct Newbiggin on Lune/Kirby Stephen Railway. | Photo: © RWD |
Jizz like Meadow Crane's-bill but flowers are more mauve in colour and with a white centre. |
14th May 2011, Lancaster Canal, nr Sedgewick. | Photo: © RWD |
Un-opened flower buds have closed sepals, the mid-ribs of which extend well beyond the end of the sepal to criss-cross each other. Hairy stems; leaves with a satin sheen. |
10th June 2009, Extinct Newbiggin on Lune/Kirby Stephen Railway. | Photo: © RWD |
Central white section is more pronounced than in Meadow Crane's-bill. |
14th May 2011, Lancaster Canal, nr Sedgewick. | Photo: © RWD |
Five petals and ten stamens bearing blue/purple anthers and a central red 'beak, the beginnings of the 'storks' bill' that is a means and mechanism of seed dispersal in Geraniums (Stork's-bills). |
10th June 2009, Extinct Newbiggin on Lune/Kirby Stephen Railway. | Photo: © RWD |
Petals sometimes slightly notched. |
14th May 2011, Lancaster Canal, nr Sedgewick. | Photo: © RWD |
A triplet of flowers, now mostly bereft of petals. stems and sepals hairy. |
14th May 2011, Lancaster Canal, nr Sedgewick. | Photo: © RWD |
The petals now gone, and only two purple anthers remaining on the 10 stamens. The five green sepals have both hairy edges and an extended mid-rib that protrudes well beyond the end of the sepal. |
10th June 2009, Extinct Newbiggin on Lune/Kirby Stephen Railway. | Photo: © RWD |
The 'Crane's bills' forming. When ripe they point upwards. |
10th June 2009, Extinct Newbiggin on Lune/Kirby Stephen Railway. | Photo: © RWD |
The stamens are now being enveloped in a reddish pitcher with an opening at the top. |
10th June 2009, Extinct Newbiggin on Lune/Kirby Stephen Railway. | Photo: © RWD |
Leaves less deeply cut than those of Meadow Crane's-bill. |
14th May 2011, Lancaster Canal, nr Sedgewick. | Photo: © RWD |
Leaves not as deeply cut as those of Meadow Crane's-bill. |
Some similarities to : Meadow Crane's-bill but that has leaves that are more deeply cut and flowers that are much more blue than mauve. Purple Crane's-bill has flowers that are purple rather than mauve. Bloody Crane's-bill has brilliant red flowers and thin and deeply cut leaves. Also, the flowers of Wood Crane's-bill are smaller than any of these other cranesbills named here and the ripened fruit stalks are held upright.
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Geranium (Crane's-bills) |
Crane's-bill (Geranium) Family [Geraniaceae] |