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Read more about Carolina Cranesbill at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Geraniales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Geranium carolinianum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Geranium carolinianum var. carolinianum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 101-01-004:
Geranium carolinianum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Cranesbill
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JK Marlow jkm0504i_08
April Greenville County SC
Roadside
Leaves are round to reniform, to 3" wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
Patrick D. McMillan pdmgcarolinianum_and2
April Anderson County SC
Leaves have 3 to 5 long linear-oblong lobes, deeply toothed at the tips, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
COMPARE
leaves of Geranium, Larkspur and Monkshood
Roxanna Martin rlm41711_115
April Spartanburg County SC
Flowers less than 0.5" wide, have 5 petals and 10 stamens, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Roxanna Martin rlm41711_140
April Spartanburg County SC
Sepals 5-7mm long excluding the 1-2mm long mucro, densely pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Roxanna Martin rlm43011_232
April Spartanburg County SC
Capsules (schizocarps) with a narrow beak about 0.7" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.