Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east across most of North America to the Atlantic Coast.
Habitat: Moist, waste places.
Flowers: May-August
Origin: Introduced from Europe
Growth Duration: Annual, Biennial
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Pollination: Bumblebees, bees, flies, wasps, beetles
Annual, stems decumbent to erect, 1-5 dm, soft-hairy.
Leaves simple, 1.5-5 cm broad, palmately divided into 7 wedge-shaped segments, segments typically 3-lobed, blade round in outline, somewhat hairy.
Inflorescence 2-flowered; flowers radial, on pedicels 6-16 mm; sepals 5, 3-4.5 mm, not ridged, mucronate or with short awns, not bristle-tipped; petals 2-3 mm, somewhat notched or shallowly lobed, light pinkish violet; stamens 10, 5 fertile; stylar column 7-9 mm, stigmas 0.5-0.7 mm.
Mericarps 5, 1.7-1.9 mm, smooth, covered sparsely with short stiff hairs; seeds finely net-veined.
Publication: Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 2: 1144. 1759.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Geranium pusillum in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WA Flora Checklist: Geranium pusillum checklist entry.
OregonFlora: Geranium pusillum information.
E-Flora BC: Geranium pusillum atlas page.
CalPhotos: Geranium pusillum photos.
USDA Plants: Geranium pusillum information.
