Geranium dissectum L.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Geraniaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Spreading to erect annual to 6 dm, retrorsely to spreading-hirsute; lvs round-cordate, 2–6 cm wide, the 5–7 divisions from rather shallowly lobed (on the lower lvs) to incised- dissected into linear segments; pedicels commonly 2, subequal to the fruiting cal and peduncle; sep 4–5 mm, shortly awned, about equaling the retuse pet, elongating to 6–8 mm in fr; carpel-bodies with short, spreading, often glandular hairs ca 0.5 mm; seeds strongly reticulate-pitted; 2n=22. Native of Europe, intr. in our range from Mass. to Mich., s. to Ga. and Tex. Apr.–Aug.