Blooms: April-September
Habit: herb
Duration: annual
Origin: Introduced from Europe
Distribution: Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; widely distributed throughout much of North America.
Habitat: Disturbed areas, roadsides, moist ground in waste places and lawns.
Habit: herb
Duration: annual
Origin: Introduced from Europe
Distribution: Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; widely distributed throughout much of North America.
Habitat: Disturbed areas, roadsides, moist ground in waste places and lawns.
Species Description:
General: Low, spreading annual, hairy and somewhat glandular, the stems 1-4 dm. tall.
Leaves: Leaves long-petiolate, the blades 2-5 cm. broad, reniform, divided palmately over half way into 5-7 lobes, these cut about half their length into 3-5 segments.
Flowers: Cymes few-flowered; sepals 5, soft-hairy, not bristle-tipped; petals 5, pink, shallowly notched, slightly exceeding the sepals; fertile stamens 10, the inner filaments united at the base; stylar column 6-8 mm. long with a filiform beak 1-2 mm. long.
Fruits: Carpels glabrous, finely wrinkled; seeds smooth.
General: Low, spreading annual, hairy and somewhat glandular, the stems 1-4 dm. tall.
Leaves: Leaves long-petiolate, the blades 2-5 cm. broad, reniform, divided palmately over half way into 5-7 lobes, these cut about half their length into 3-5 segments.
Flowers: Cymes few-flowered; sepals 5, soft-hairy, not bristle-tipped; petals 5, pink, shallowly notched, slightly exceeding the sepals; fertile stamens 10, the inner filaments united at the base; stylar column 6-8 mm. long with a filiform beak 1-2 mm. long.
Fruits: Carpels glabrous, finely wrinkled; seeds smooth.
Accepted Name:
Geranium molle L.Synonyms:
(none)
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Geranium molle
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Geranium molle specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Geranium molle specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Geranium molle treatment.
E-Flora BC: Geranium molle atlas page.
CalPhotos: Geranium molle images.
USDA Plants Database: Geranium molle.
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Dana Visalli
Shaun Hubbard, 2005
Shaun Hubbard, 2005
G. D. Carr, 2006
G. D. Carr, 2006
Douglas Houck, 2012
Douglas Houck, 2012
Douglas Houck, 2012
Douglas Houck, 2012
Douglas Houck, 2012
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