Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Geraniales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Geranium dissectum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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Read more about Cutleaf Cranesbill at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Geranium dissectum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 101-01-003:
Geranium dissectum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
COMMON NAME:
Cutleaf Cranesbill
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_gedi_001_lvd
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_g_dissectum_8981b
March Catawba County NC
Similar to G. carolinianum but has deep pink or purple flowers w 1/4" petals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_g_dissectum_8995
March Catawba County NC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_geranium_dissectum_4
April
Leaves 5-7 cleft, the divisions again cleft into linear segments, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
leaves of Geranium, Larkspur and Monkshood
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_geranium_dissectum_1
April Catawba County NC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Geranium dissectum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Geranium dissectum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 101-01-003:
Geranium dissectum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
1888
Forb
Winter annual
Non-native: Europe
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Habitat: Roadsides, pastures, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple - palmately lobed or dissected
Basal & alternate (often opposite when subtending the inflorescence)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Purplish-pink
Bisexual
5 sepals
5 petals
10 fertile stamens
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p374
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p041
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest p124
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p089