Geranium thunbergii f. thunbergii("Benibanagennoshoko")
Japanese name: ベニバナゲンノショウコ（赤花現の証拠） Scientific name:Geranium thunbergii f. thunbergii
[Overview]
A perennial 30–50 cm tall, seen along roadsides and in sunny places in the hills and fields.
It is common in western Japan.
The stem branches well from the base, and the lower part creeps along the ground; the stem and leaves bear many hairs.
There are basal leaves and stem leaves; the basal leaves have often withered by flowering time.
The stem leaves are opposite, reniform to round and 1–8 cm wide; the lower leaves are palmately divided into 5 lobes, and the upper leaves into 3 lobes.
The lower leaves have long petioles.
Flowers are borne two at a time at the stem tips and branch tips.
The flowers are reddish purple, 5-petaled, and 1–1.5 cm across.
The flower stalks are densely covered with hairs and glandular hairs.
The fruit is a capsule, which splits into 5 parts and bursts open when ripe.
