Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Geraniales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Geranium dissectum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Cutleaf Cranesbill at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Geranium dissectum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Geranium dissectum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Geranium dissectum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 101-01-003:
Geranium dissectum FAMILY Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Geranium dissectum
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 (Smith, 1998).
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
leaves of Geranium, Larkspur and Monkshood
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_geranium_dissectum_1
April Catawba County NC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Geranium dissectum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Geranium dissectum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Geranium dissectum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Geranium dissectum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 101-01-003:
Geranium dissectum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Geranium dissectum
1888
Forb
Winter annual
Habitat: Roadsides, pastures, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe, central Asia, & northern Africa
Common in GA Mountains & Carolina Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple - palmately lobed or dissected
Basal & alternate (often opposite when subtending the inflorescence)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Purplish-pink
5 sepals
5 petals
10 fertile stamens
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p374
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p041
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006) p124
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p218
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p089
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