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Wild Geranium

Geranium maculatum

Photo by Christine Y.
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Field Notes

Description:

The flowers have 5 petals, and are rose-purple or violet-purple in color. Flowers have ten stamens. The leaves are palmately lobed with five or seven deeply cut lobes, each of which is again cleft and toothed.

Habitat:

On a narrow path next to a steep river bank in a deciduous forest at Roaring Brook Nature Center.

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Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum)

Species ID Suggestions

Wild Geranium/Cranesbill

Geranium maculatum

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Comments (2)
MrsPbio
I believe this is a Wild Geranium... but I'll look it up to be sure. BRB..

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Flowers of Northeastern USA

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PublishedMay 23, 2016

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