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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Geraniales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Geranium molle   FAMILY Geraniaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Geranium molle   FAMILY Geraniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Geranium molle

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Geranium molle

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 101-01-006:

Geranium molle   FAMILY Geraniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Geranium molle

 

COMMON NAME:
Dove's-foot Cranesbill


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image of Geranium molle, Dove's-foot Cranesbill

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_gemo_001_lvd

        

image of Geranium molle, Dove's-foot Cranesbill

JK Marlow    jkm170430_425

April    Greenville County    SC

image of Geranium molle, Dove's-foot Cranesbill

JK Marlow    jkm170430_435

April    Greenville County    SC

Long petioles appear attached to center of the nearly round basal leaves, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).


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image of Geranium molle, Dove's-foot Cranesbill

JK Marlow    jkm170430_438

April    Greenville County    SC

image of Geranium molle, Dove's-foot Cranesbill

JK Marlow    jkm170430_439

April    Greenville County    SC

Capsules with a slender beak about 0.4" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Geranium molle, Dove's-foot Cranesbill

Roxanna Martin    rlm4211_565

April    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Geranium molle, Dove's-foot Cranesbill

Roxanna Martin    rlm42411_215

April    Spartanburg County    SC

Sepals 3-4mm long, mucro about 0.3mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Geranium molle, Dove's-foot Cranesbill

Roxanna Martin    rlm42411_228

April    Spartanburg County    SC

Pistil of 5 carpels united into a long beak, separating at maturity, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Geranium molle, Dove's-foot Cranesbill

Roxanna Martin    rlm4410_060

April    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Geranium molle, Dove's-foot Cranesbill

Roxanna Martin    rlm4911_89

April    Spartanburg County    SC

All 10 stamens are fertile, but anthers may fall readily, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Geranium molle, Dove's-foot Cranesbill

Roxanna Martin    rlm4911_99

April    Spartanburg County    SC

Petals 3-5mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Geranium molle, Dove's-foot Cranesbill

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_geranium_molle_3

April        

Petals are about 0.25" long, deeply notched, and bright pink, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Geranium molle, Dove's-foot Cranesbill

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_geranium_molle_4

April        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Geranium molle   FAMILY Geraniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Geranium molle   FAMILY Geraniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Geranium molle

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Geranium molle

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 101-01-006:
Geranium molle   FAMILY Geraniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Geranium molle

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3271

Forb
Winter annual

Habitat: Roadsides, pastures, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe & western Asia

Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Simple - palmately lobed or dissected
Basal & alternate (often opposite when subtending the inflorescence)

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink
5 sepals
5 petals
10 fertile stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer

 

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