<p>Introduced, cool-season, annual herb. Plants are mucilaginous when crushed. Stems are decumbent or ascending, 20–60 cm long and hairy. Leaves are more or less circular, 2–5 cm wide, 5–7-lobed or nearly unlobed; base is cordate, margins crenate and the petiole is longer than blade. 
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Flowers are in axillary clusters forming an irregular raceme. Epicalyx segments are linear, free and attached near base of calyx. Calyx is 3-5 mm long, lobed to middle, spreading. Petals 5, are 6-12 mm long, pink to pinkish lilac. Flowering is in spring and early summer. A native of the Mediterranean, it is a weed of disturbed areas.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/73840284@N04">Harry Rose</a> from South West Rocks, Australia
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