Geranium robertianum

Geranium robertianum herb-robert

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A native annual or biennial geranium with delicate, bright pink flowers borne on stalks above the leaves. The leaves are compound, with five delicate leaflets, each one highly dissected. This beautiful wildflower prefers to grow in the shade of the forest floor.

Habitat & Range

Grows in moist, wooded, rocky slopes and ravines.

Present in the eastern and south-western parts of the state.

Wetland codes

EMP:	FACU
NCNE:	FACU

Phenology

Flowers May through October.

Characteristics

Flowers pink or purple, five petals up to 13 mm long.

Leaves opposite, palmately compound, terminal leaflet petioled, each of the five leaflets pinnately lobed

Plant Codes

S-rank: No rank
G-rank: G5 (Secure)

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