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Carolina cranesbill


 

Carolina Geranium

 

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Geranium carolinianum

COMMON NAMES: Carolina Geranium, wild geranium, Carolina cranesbill

FAMILY: Geraniaceae

 

This wildflower/weed is a multi-branched and sprawling, pubescent annual or biennial, usually no taller than 1 ft. Leaves are palmately and finely cut into five-parts. Five-petaled, pale pink or white flowers occur in loose terminal clusters.

 

It is a member of the geranium family (Geraniaceae). Geraniums are leafy herbs with showy white, pink, or purple flowers in clusters.

 

Grows naturally in most of the US and into Mexico in most soils in part shade.

 



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