Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Geraniales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Geranium columbinum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Longstalk Crane's-bill at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Geranium columbinum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Geranium columbinum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Geranium columbinum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 101-01-002:
Geranium columbinum FAMILY Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Geranium columbinum
COMMON NAME:
Longstalk Crane's-bill
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_geco_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Geranium columbinum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Geranium columbinum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Geranium columbinum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Geranium columbinum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 101-01-002:
Geranium columbinum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Geranium columbinum
3269
Forb
Winter annual
Habitat: Roadsides, pastures, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Rare in GA (waifs in the Carolinas)
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LEAVES:
Simple - palmately lobed or dissected
Basal & alternate (those subtending dichotomous branches & inflorescence opposite)
Leaves have long petioles.
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) p377
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p089
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