Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Geraniales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Geranium pusillum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
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Read more about Small-flowered Cranesbill at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Geranium pusillum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Geranium pusillum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Geranium pusillum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 101-01-005:
Geranium pusillum FAMILY Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Geranium pusillum
COMMON NAME:
Small-flowered Cranesbill
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_gepu2_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Geranium pusillum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Geranium pusillum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Geranium pusillum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Geranium pusillum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 101-01-005:
Geranium pusillum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Geranium pusillum
2004
Forb
Winter annual
Habitat: Roadsides, pastures, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe, central Asia, & northern Africa
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple - palmately lobed or dissected
Basal & alternate (often opposite when subtending the inflorescence)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Pale pink
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens (5 fertile & 5 sterile)
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p280
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p090
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
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