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