This small Geranium, an annual herb, was introduced to the Falkland Islands and is a native of Europe. It is rare but found on both East Falkland (Cape Pembroke) and West Falkland. It favours improved grasslands, gardens, paths and waste places, sand dunes and coastal slopes. Tiny pink to purple flowers December through to March.

Sources include: The Vascular Flora of the Falkland Islands- D. M. Moore, B.Sc., Ph.D, 1968, Field Guide to the Plants of the Falkland Islands- Thomas Heller, Rebecca Upston, Richard Lewis, edited by Colin Clubbe

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