Geranium pyrenaicum Hedgerow Crane's-bill

A hairy, perennial crane's-bill with pale green, rounded leaves dissedted to about halfway and attractive mauve-pink flowers, with notched petals, which are often abundant and very conspicuous in summer. It grows in open or partially shaded habitats such as hegderows. grass verges, open mosaic habitats and waste places and is common and widespread in southern Britain, mostly in lowland areas and often in urban landscapes. It  is common in parts of soith and north Wales, particularly near the coast but is absent from much of the uplands of mid Wales. This preference for lowland coastal locations is also reflected in West Glamorgan where it is a common feature of of coastal Neath Port Talbot, with occurences in the lower parts of the main valleys but absent from upland areas of the South Wales Coalfield and rather scarce in Gower. It was first recorded wild in Britain in Yorkshire in 1762 and it is widely accepted that it is a neophyte in Britain and derived originally from garden stock.

Neophyte