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Plant ID please.

Sue Hughes Zone 6b in Pittsburgh

4 months ago

Is this a perennial or a weed? It's foliage is rather pretty and I don't see any like this around in my garden other than this one.

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raee_gw zone 5b-6a Ohio

4 months ago

Agree, it looks like a geranium molle.

From the Native Plant Trust:

Dove's-foot crane's-bill is native to Europe and a widespread introduction in North America, where it can be an aggressive invader. It is found in all New England states. Anthropogenic (man-made or disturbed habitats), meadows and fields,

I've read that it is an annual, but also read it is a biennial.

I have some kind of geranium that pops up every year in my flowerbed by the multiple: not as attractive as the photos of molle. Fortunately, they are easy to pull out.

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gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
4 months ago
Some sort of geranium. In PA, I'd suspect Geranium molle.
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Sue Hughes Zone 6b in Pittsburgh
Original Author
4 months ago
Thank You GardenGal48 and Raee! That has to be it-I appreciate both of you identifying my little seedling!
linaria_gw
4 months ago
could it be Geranium pyrenaicum, that looks very similar, is from southern Europe and is annual

I have found this weed here in Germany and Switzerland as well and just was never too sure what it was
mxk3 z5b_MI
4 months ago
Looks like it could be Creeping Charlie - ?
floraluk2
4 months ago
No. It's definitely a Geranium. Could well be molle, which I get a lot, but there are other similar ones. Never had pyrenaicum as a weed here.
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rosaprimula
4 months ago
Have you not, Floral? Amazed!. Both the purple and white are all over my plot (along with other weedy cranebills - phaeum and nodosum, none of which I really mind that much (in fact I went to some lengths to acquire a white nodosum, as well as a rather nice picotee lilac with pale edges). Oh yes, palmatum and maderense are also inclined to appear in multiple plant pots, having exploded around the garden.
floraluk2
4 months ago
Hmmm. Have I been misidentifying it all these years?
Sue Hughes Zone 6b in Pittsburgh thanked floraluk2
Sue Hughes Zone 6b in Pittsburgh
Original Author
4 months ago
I'm convinced it is Geranium molle, I think you- Floraluck2 are correct. I googled Geranium molle and found whatt looks exactly like my plant. I will update with photos for all to decide for themselves once it matures and flowers!

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