Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Geraniales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Geranium dissectum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Cutleaf Cranesbill at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Geranium dissectum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 101-01-003:
Geranium dissectum FAMILY Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Geranium dissectum
COMMON NAME:
Cutleaf Cranesbill
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_gedi_001_lvd
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_g_dissectum_8981b
March Catawba County NC
Similar to G. carolinianum but has deep pink or purple flowers w 1/4" petals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_g_dissectum_8995
March Catawba County NC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_geranium_dissectum_4
April
Leaves 5-7 cleft, the divisions again cleft into linear segments, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
leaves of Geranium, Larkspur and Monkshood
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_geranium_dissectum_1
April Catawba County NC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Geranium dissectum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Geranium dissectum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 101-01-003:
Geranium dissectum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Geranium dissectum
1888
Forb
Winter annual
Habitat: Roadsides, pastures, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe, central Asia, & northern Africa
Common in GA Mountains & Carolina Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Click here to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple - palmately lobed or dissected
Basal & alternate (often opposite when subtending the inflorescence)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Purplish-pink
Bisexual
5 sepals
5 petals
10 fertile stamens
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p374
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p041
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006) p124
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p218
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p089