Wild Geranium

Hocking Hills, Ohio

Near Ash Cave

May

 

Wild Geranium, or Spotted Cranesbill

Geranium maculatum

Flower: Lavender, solitary or in clusters of 2-5, 1"+ wide. Sepals 5, pointed; petals 5, rounded, separate; stamens 10; pistil 1.

Leaves: Leaves: 4-5" wide; gray-green, cut into deeply toothed palmate lobes, the lower leaves long-stalked.

Height: Height: 1-2'.

Habitat: Woods and meadows

Blooms: April-June.

The common name cranesbill, as well as the genus name, from the Greek geranos ("a crane"), relate to the bill-like fruits.

 

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