Geranium bicknellii Britton
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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 - Erect annual or biennial, usually with many ascending branches, eventually to 5 dm; lvs pentagonal, the principal ones cleft nearly to the base with usually 5 segments, these deeply incised into several narrowly oblong lobes; peduncles 2-fld, the elongate pedicels glandular- villous; sep at anthesis 7–9 mm including the conspicuous subulate tip; pet retuse, equaling the sep; mature fr, including the cal, 20–25 mm, the stylar beak 4–5 mm, the carpel-bodies 3 mm, sparsely hirsute, not wrinkled. Open woods and fields; Nf. and Que. to B.C., s. to N.Y., Pa., Ind., Mo., and S.D. May–Sept.