Geranium maculatum
Most common and largest of all native geraniums, this lavender wildflower blooms May through July
Geranium maculatum wood geranium


This beautiful wildflower can be found from the middle of spring and well into summer in the forest and open woodlands. The flower has five green sepals, five pink/purplish petals, five parts to the pistil in the center and ten stamens. Once the plant finishes flowering, the formed seed pods look like the beak of a bird. It was thought to resemble the beak of a crane, and such came the common name Crane's bill and the Latin name Geranium, root of which 'geranos' means Crane's bill.
Habitat & Range
Grows in forest, meadows, and fields.
Present throughout the state.
Wetland codes
EMP: | FACU |
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NCNE: | FACU |
Phenology
Flowers May to July.
Plant Codes
S-rank: No rank
G-rank: G5 (Secure)
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