General:
Annual herb from a taproot; stems decumbent to ascending, stiff-hairy, 10-40 cm tall.

Leaves:
Basal leaves few, kidney-shaped in outline, long-stalked, 1.5-5 cm long; divided into 5-7 broad, coarsely toothed lobes, stem leaves few, similar, opposite, short-stalked.

Flowers:
Inflorescence of terminal clusters of usually 2 short-stalked flowers; petals pink, shallowly notched, 3-5 mm long, soft-hairy; sepals slightly shorter than the petals, the tips abruptly pointed; stamens fertile, 10, fused basally.

Fruits:
Carpels, glabrous, finely cross-wrinkled; styles 6-8 mm long, the beak 1-2 mm long; seeds orbicular, glabrous.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.

Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Dove's foot cranes-bill ... usually has magenta to pink flowers. But populations polymorphic for magenta and white-flowered plants occur--for example, at Redwood Park in Delta. The white-flowered plants probably represent recessive homozygotes at a single gene that have become established by chance in this population. Source: Griffiths and Ganders. 1983. Wildflower Genetics: A Field Guide for British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest.