Hedgerow Geranium

Foodplant / open feeder
Limobius borealis grazes on leaf of Geranium pyrenaicum

In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / parasite
sporangium of Plasmopara pusilla parasitises live Geranium pyrenaicum
Other: unusual host/prey

Foodplant / parasite
Podosphaera fugax parasitises live Geranium pyrenaicum

Foodplant / spot causer
mainly epiphyllous, immersed, very minute, pallid pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph of Septoria geranii causes spots on leaf of Geranium pyrenaicum
Remarks: season: 5

Foodplant / parasite
hypophyllous telium of Uromyces geranii parasitises live leaf of Geranium pyrenaicum

Geranium pyrenaicum Burm. f. Sp. Geran. 27. 1759
Perennial, the caudex short, scaly. Stems simple below, sometimes tufted, retrorsely villous-hirsute ; leaf-blades orbicular or reuiform-orbicular in outline, those of the basal and the lower cauline 4-9 cm. broad, 5-7-cleft, the division 3-5-lobed ; petioles villous-hirsute and puberulent ; peduncles and pedicels glandular-puberulent ; sepals awnless, 5-6 mm. long, the outer ovate, ciliolate, the inner oblong or elliptic-oblong, ciliate ; petals purple, obcordate, nearly twice as long as the sepals ; style-column 12-15 mm. long, puberulent like the pedicels; carpel-bodies 3-3.5 mm. long, minutely pubescent; seeds granular.
Type locality : Pyrenees.
Distribution : Jamaica, and locally in the eastern United States, and in California. Naturalized from Europe.

Geranium pyrenaicum, otherwise known as hedgerow cranesbill or mountain cranesbill is a perennial species of plant in the family Geraniaceae. It can be found on roadside verges and along hedgerows.