[3] Geranium reuteri is a large perennial herbaceous plant with a short stem and deeply divided leaves.

The plant forms brilliant carpets on the floor of laurel forests and wax myrtle-tree heath scrub.

The leaves grow in a rosette from a woody base or short stem, and are up to 8 cm (3.1 in) wide with a long (stalk).

[4][3] Appearing in late March to mid-May, the flowers are borne on a branched inflorescence and are deeply divided into lobes.

)[5] Noticing that Reuter's name was illegitimate, in 1997, Carlos Aedo and Félix Muñoz Garmendia published the replacement name Geranium reuteri.