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Photo by misako
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Field Notes

Description:

Plant with tiny pink flowers, long seed pods, and windborne seeds. Any help with an ID would be great.

Habitat:

Parking lot in downtown Sacramento, CA.

Species ID Suggestions

Wild Geranium

Geranium Maculatum
HemaShah
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Comments (4)
misako
Yes Emma; photo 2 shows the green pods and photo 4 shows the pod open with windborne seeds.
HemaShah
Did you see the long seed pods in the spotting too?
misako
Thanks for the ID suggestion Emma! The flowers do look similar, however wild geranium seeds are not windborne.
HemaShah
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/11068015 Misako, I provided the Id based on this, See if it makes sense.

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Mission
WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
Mission
Flowers of North America

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PublishedMay 26, 2012

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