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Internal ID UUID64401de9c0ee0636957480
Scientific name Geranium molle
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 682 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Geranium abortivum De Not. ex Ces. Bibliot. Ital. (Milan) 19: 349 (1838)
Geranium album Picard Mém. Soc. Agric. Boulogne-Sur-Mer , sér. 2, 1: 129 (1837)
Geranium argenteum Lucé Topogr. Nachr. Oesel 236 1823
Geranium leiocaulon Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 1: 470 (1842)
Geranium lucanum Gasp. ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. : 138 (1878)
Geranium luganense Chenevard ex Schroet. Ber. Schweiz. Bot. Ges. 14: 121 (1904)
Geranium macropetalum (Boiss.) Posp. Fl. Oesterr. Küstenl. 2: 30 1898
Geranium malvifolium Schleich. Cat. 25; ex DC. Fl. Fr. v. 850.
Geranium molle var. album Picard Mém. Soc. Agric. Boulogne II, 1: 129 1837
Geranium molle var. annuum Schur Verh. Naturf. Vereins Brünn 15: 161 1877
Geranium molle var. caespitosum N.Terracc. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. n.s., 14: 138 1907
Geranium molle var. macropetalum Boiss. Fl. Orient. 1: 882 1867
Geranium molle var. parvulum Ten. Syll. Pl. Fl. Neapol. 334 1831
Geranium molle subsp. sinjaricum Al-Shehbaz & Al-Khakani Candollea 38: 353 (1983)
Geranium molle subsp. stipulare (Kunze) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17(1-2): 125. 1972 [1971 publ. 1972]
Geranium molle var. stipulare (Kunze) Holmboe Bergens Mus. Årbok. 13: 6 1907
Geranium molle var. subperenne Schur Verh. Naturf. Vereins Brünn 15: 161 1877
Geranium oenense Borbás ex Hallier Syn. Deut. Schweiz. Fl. ed. 3, 1: 454 1891
Geranium pseudovillosum Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 921 (1866)
Geranium pyrenaicum subsp. villosum Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 138 1878
Geranium stipulare Kunze Flora 29: 698 (1846)
Geranium villosum Ten. Prod. Fl. Nap. p. lx i.
Geranium villosum var. villosissimum Ten. Syll. Pl. Fl. Neapol. 334 1831
Geranium molle var. grandiflorum Willk.
Geranium molle unranked aureum Van Geert
Geranium molle var. caucasicum Regel
Geranium molle subsp. villosum (Nyman) A.Terracc.
Geranium villosum var. gracile Sennen
Geranium malvifolium Schleich. ex DC.
Geranium molle subsp. stipulare (Kunze) Nyman
Geranium molle f. stipulare (Kunze) K.Malý
Geranium molle unranked stipulare (Kunze) Graebn.
Geranium molle var. villosum (Nyman) Cout.

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Language Common/alternative name
English dove's-foot crane's-bill
English dovefoot geranium
Spanish geranio blanco
Spanish geranio de los caminos
Spanish geranio muelle
Spanish relosillos
Arabic غرنوقي لين
Belarusian Герань далікатная
Bulgarian нежен здравец
Catalan suassana blana
Czech kakost měkký
Welsh garanbig maswaidd
Welsh pig yr aran
Welsh troed y glomen
Danish blød storkenæb
German weicher storchschnabel
Greek Αγριογεράνι (geranium molle)
Esperanto mola geranio
Estonian pehme kurereha
Finnish pehmytkurjenpolvi
French géranium à feuilles molles
French géranium mollet
Irish crobh bog
Hebrew גרניון רך
Upper Sorbian mjechka pyskawa
Icelandic loðblágresi
Japanese ヤワゲフウロ
Latvian mīkstā gandrene
Norwegian Bokmål lodnestorkenebb
Dutch zachte ooievaarsbek
Polish bodziszek kosmaty
Russian Герань нежная
Russian Герань мягкая
Slovak pakost mäkký
Slovenian mehka krvomočnica
Serbian Бабин здравац
Serbian Мекана иглица
Swedish mjuknäva
Ukrainian Герань м'яка
Chinese 柔毛牻牛兒苗
Chinese 软毛老鹳草
Chinese 柔毛牻牛儿苗

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Africa
    • Macaronesia
      • Azores
      • Canary Islands
      • Madeira
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria
      • Egypt
      • Libya
      • Morocco
      • Tunisia
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
  • Asia-temperate
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Saudi Arabia
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • Eastern Asia
      • Japan
      • Taiwan
    • Western Asia
      • Cyprus
      • East Aegean Islands
      • Iran
      • Iraq
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Palestine
      • Sinai
      • Turkey
  • Australasia
    • Australia
      • New South Wales
      • Norfolk Island
      • South Australia
      • Tasmania
      • Victoria
      • Western Australia
    • New Zealand
      • Antipodean Islands
      • Chatham Islands
      • New Zealand North
      • New Zealand South
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Baltic States
      • Belarus
      • Central European Russia
      • East European Russia
      • Krym
      • Northwest European Russia
      • South European Russia
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Netherlands
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Denmark
      • Finland
      • Great Britain
      • Iceland
      • Ireland
      • Norway
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Kriti
      • Romania
      • Sicilia
      • Turkey-in-Europe
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares
      • Corse
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Sardegna
      • Spain
  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • Nova Scotia
      • Ontario
      • Québec
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Northwest
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Iowa
      • Missouri
      • Oklahoma
      • Wisconsin
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut
      • Indiana
      • Maine
      • Massachusetts
      • Michigan
      • New Hampshire
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
      • Rhode Island
      • Vermont
      • West Virginia
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Idaho
      • Montana
      • Oregon
      • Washington
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Arkansas
      • Delaware
      • District Of Columbia
      • Georgia
      • Kentucky
      • Maryland
      • North Carolina
      • South Carolina
      • Tennessee
      • Virginia
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • California
      • Utah
    • Western Canada
      • British Columbia
  • Southern America
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Argentina Northwest
      • Argentina South
      • Chile Central
      • Chile South
      • Uruguay

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000700868
Flora of Alabama 2282
Canadensys 6043
USDA Plants GEMO
Tropicos 13900016
INPN 100104
Flora of Italy 2826
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:373335-1
The Plant List kew-2823621
Open Tree Of Life 292272
NCBI Taxonomy 581251
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000003159
Nature Serve 2.130419
IPNI 373335-1
iNaturalist 53076
GBIF 2891488
Freebase /m/02rsrg1
WisFlora 8971
EPPO GERMO
Elurikkus 4889
Calflora (Californian flora) 3800
USDA GRIN 426
Wikipedia Geranium_molle

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_965199465.1 drGerMoll1.hap1.1 Chromosome WELLCOME SANGER INSTITUTE 2025-03-14 137 380.76 Mb

Scientific Literature Top

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Ecological and Syntaxonomic Analysis of the Communities of Glebionis coronaria and G. discolor (Malvion neglectae) in the European Mediterranean Area Cano E, Cano-Ortiz A, Quinto Canas R, Piñar Fuentes JC, Rodrigues Meireles C, Raposo M, Pinto Gomes C, Laface VL, Spampinato G, Musarella CM Plants (Basel) 20-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10934477
doi:10.3390/plants13050568
PMID:38475415
The Orophilous Shrubby Vegetation of the Juniperetalia hemisphaericae Order in Sicily: A Refuge Habitat for Many Endemic Vascular Species Sciandrello S, Giusso del Galdo G Plants (Basel) 31-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10857485
doi:10.3390/plants13030423
PMID:38337957
Using Analytic Hierarchy Process to Assess Beekeeping Suitability in Portuguese Controlled Areas: A First Approach Roque N, Fernandez P, Silveira C, Vilas-Boas M, Anjos O Insects 29-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10888816
doi:10.3390/insects15020091
PMID:38392511
The geranium genus: A comprehensive study on ethnomedicinal uses, phytochemical compounds, and pharmacological importance Alshehri B Saudi J Biol Sci 28-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10873751
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2024.103940
PMID:38371877
Manually annotated and curated Dataset of diverse Weed Species in Maize and Sorghum for Computer Vision Genze N, Vahl WK, Groth J, Wirth M, Grieb M, Grimm DG Sci Data 23-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10805845
doi:10.1038/s41597-024-02945-6
PMID:38263173
Which Plant Species for Green Roofs in the Mediterranean Environment? Leotta L, Toscano S, Romano D Plants (Basel) 27-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10708222
doi:10.3390/plants12233985
PMID:38068621
The most polyphagous insect herbivore? Host plant associations of the Meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius (L.) Thompson V, Harkin C, Stewart AJ PLoS One 04-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10602594
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0291734
PMID:37792900
High-resolution ecosystem changes pacing the millennial climate variability at the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in NE-Italy Badino F, Pini R, Ravazzi C, Chytrý M, Bertuletti P, Bortolini E, Dudová L, Peresani M, Romandini M, Benazzi S Sci Rep 01-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10394073
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-38081-1
PMID:37528143
Assessing the Role of Lizards as Potential Pollinators of an Insular Plant Community and Its Intraspecific Variation Romero-Egea V, Robles C, Traveset A, Del Rio L, Hervías-Parejo S Animals (Basel) 22-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10044671
doi:10.3390/ani13061122
PMID:36978662
Plant Species as Potential Forage for Honey Bees in the Al-Baha Mountain Region in Southwestern Saudi Arabia Al-Ghamdi AA, Al-Sagheer NA Plants (Basel) 22-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10058344
doi:10.3390/plants12061402
PMID:36987090
Role of Agricultural Management in the Provision of Ecosystem Services in Warm Climate Vineyards: Functional Prediction of Genes Involved in Nutrient Cycling and Carbon Sequestration Alcalá-Herrera R, Moreno B, Aguirrebengoa M, Winter S, Robles-Cruz AB, Ramos-Font ME, Benítez E Plants (Basel) 23-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9919410
doi:10.3390/plants12030527
PMID:36771611
Effect of Using Faba Bean and/or Italian Ryegrass in Total Mixed Rations to Dairy Cows Baizán S, Martínez-Fernández A, Vicente F Animals (Basel) 27-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9817943
doi:10.3390/ani13010108
PMID:36611717
Soil legacy effects of plants and drought on aboveground insects in native and range‐expanding plant communities Li K, Veen GF, ten Hooven FC, Harvey JA, van der Putten WH Ecol Lett 22-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC10098829
doi:10.1111/ele.14129
PMID:36414536
Effect of Sheep Grazing, Stocking Rates and Dolomitic Limestone Application on the Floristic Composition of a Permanent Dryland Pasture, in the Montado Agroforestry System of Southern Portugal Carreira E, Serrano J, Gomes CJ, Shahidian S, Paniagua LL, Pilirito A, Lopes Castro J, Carvalho M, Pereira AF Animals (Basel) 20-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9559647
doi:10.3390/ani12192506
PMID:36230248
Biodiversity in Urban Areas: The Extraordinary Case of Appia Antica Regional Park (Rome, Italy) Iamonico D Plants (Basel) 15-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9414419
doi:10.3390/plants11162122
PMID:36015425

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