PLANT HEIGHT : 10–30cm.
FLOWER SIZE : 2.5–3cm wide.
FRUIT : Five mericarps, joined by their styles.
FLOWERING TIME : July–August.
SIMILAR SPECIES : Wood Crane’s-bill and Knotted Crane’s-bill(G. nodosum) have
more coarsely lobed leaves.
Bloody Crane’s-bill has flowers with astonishing colours, more akin to a garden cultivar than a wild plant. They are deep purplish pink or cerise and have almost overlapping petals, with a pair of tiny bracts beneath. The distinctive, stalked leaves are almost circular in outline and are deeply divided into finger-like lobes.
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