OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 9 taxa in the family Geraniaceae, Geranium family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.

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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Wild Geranium

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Geranium maculatum   FAMILY: Geraniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Geranium maculatum   FAMILY: Geraniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Geranium maculatum 101-01-001   FAMILY: Geraniaceae

 

Habitat: Cove forests, bottomland forests, other mesic, base-rich forests; sometimes also cultivated

Common (rare in Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Longstalk Crane's-bill

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Geranium columbinum   FAMILY: Geraniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Geranium columbinum   FAMILY: Geraniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Geranium columbinum 101-01-002   FAMILY: Geraniaceae

 

Habitat: Roadsides, pastures, disturbed areas

Rare in GA (waifs in the Carolinas)

Non-native: Europe

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Cutleaf Cranesbill

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Geranium dissectum   FAMILY: Geraniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Geranium dissectum   FAMILY: Geraniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Geranium dissectum 101-01-003   FAMILY: Geraniaceae

 

Habitat: Roadsides, pastures, disturbed areas

Common in GA Mountains & Carolina Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Non-native: Europe, central Asia, & northern Africa

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Carolina Cranesbill

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Geranium carolinianum   FAMILY: Geraniaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Geranium carolinianum var. carolinianum   FAMILY: Geraniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Geranium carolinianum 101-01-004   FAMILY: Geraniaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, lawns, pastures, gardens, disturbed areas

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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speaker icon Common Name: Small-flowered Cranesbill

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Geranium pusillum   FAMILY: Geraniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Geranium pusillum   FAMILY: Geraniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Geranium pusillum 101-01-005   FAMILY: Geraniaceae

 

Habitat: Roadsides, pastures, disturbed areas

Rare

Non-native: Europe, central Asia, & northern Africa

 


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camera icon Common Name: Dove's-foot Cranesbill

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Geranium molle   FAMILY: Geraniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Geranium molle   FAMILY: Geraniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Geranium molle 101-01-006   FAMILY: Geraniaceae

 

Habitat: Roadsides, pastures, disturbed areas

Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain)

Non-native: Europe & western Asia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Herb Robert

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Geranium robertianum   FAMILY: Geraniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Geranium robertianum   FAMILY: Geraniaceae

 

Habitat: Rocky woodlands, especially over calcareous rocks

Native, apparently: north of the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Siberian Cranesbill

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Geranium sibiricum   FAMILY: Geraniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Geranium sibiricum   FAMILY: Geraniaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas, roadsides

Rare

Non-native: Eurasia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Common Storksbill, Redstem Storksbill, Heronsbill, Redstem Filaree

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Erodium cicutarium   FAMILY: Geraniaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Erodium cicutarium ssp. cicutarium   FAMILY: Geraniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Erodium cicutarium 101-02-001   FAMILY: Geraniaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas, fields, lawns

Uncommon in Carolina Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Non-native: Europe

 


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