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Wild Geranium

Rouge Park, Toronto

May, 2015

 

Ontario Wildflower

 

Native to eastern North America, from southern Manitoba and southwestern Quebec south to Alabama and Georgia and west to Oklahoma and South Dakota

Wild Geranium is considered an astringent, a substance that causes contraction of the tissues and stops bleeding. The Mesquakie Indians brewed a root tea for toothache and for painful nerves and mashed the roots for treating hemorrhoids.

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Uploaded on May 19, 2015
Taken on May 16, 2015