Geranium maculatum L.

  • Authority

    Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

  • Family

    Geraniaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Geranium maculatum L.

  • Description

    Species Description - Perennial from a stout rhizome, with a few long-petioled basal lvs, these pedately cleft into 5–7 cuneately laciniate segments; stems erect, 3–7 cm, with a single pair of short-petioled lvs; fls few–several; cal and pedicels pubescent but not glandular; pet pink (white), 12–18 mm, entire; mature pedicels suberect; frs erect, 3–4 cm, including the 5–8 mm stylar beak. Common in woods; Me. to S.C. and n. Ga., w. to Man., Neb., and ne. Okla. Apr.–June.

  • Common Names

    wild geranium