NameThatPlant.net: Geranium pusillum

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Geraniales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Geranium pusillum FAMILY Geraniaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Small-flowered Cranesbill at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Geranium pusillum FAMILY Geraniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 101-01-005:

Geranium pusillum FAMILY Geraniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Geranium pusillum

COMMON NAME:
Small-flowered Cranesbill

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image of Geranium pusillum, Small-flowered Cranesbill

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_gepu2_001_lvd

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Geranium pusillum FAMILY Geraniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Geranium pusillum FAMILY Geraniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 101-01-005:
Geranium pusillum FAMILY Geraniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Geranium pusillum

2004

Forb
Winter annual

Habitat: Roadsides, pastures, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Rare

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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)

LEAVES:
Simple - palmately lobed or dissected
Basal & alternate (often opposite when subtending the inflorescence)

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Pale pink
Bisexual
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens (5 fertile & 5 sterile)

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall

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