Geranium, Dove's Foot;  Geranium molle

Early Bloomer.  Tiny pink flowers, 5 petals, low-growing plant.  Rounded soft leaves.  Plant used for food, medicine. Notes:  Geranium family.  A low, nearly prostrate, tiny-flowered species.  The rounded, deeply veined leaves have short, blunt lobes. Likes open meadows and woods. Click on species name below to go to USDA for this species. Kingdom Plantae -- Plants     Subkingdom Tracheobionta -- Vascular plants         Superdivision Spermatophyta -- Seed plants             Division Magnoliophyta -- Flowering plants                 Class Magnoliopsida -- Dicotyledons                     Subclass Rosidae                         Order Geraniales                             Family Geraniaceae -- Geranium family                                 Genus Geranium L. -- geranium                                     Species Geranium molle L. -- dovefoot geranium

Geranium, Dove's Foot  (Geranium molle) This carpet of geraniums extended for may yards along the dirt road on the opposite side of Wood's Bridge.

Closer view of isolated blooms and deeply veined leaves

Better close-up of the flowers, by Andy Heninger