Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Geraniales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Geranium robertianum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Herb Robert at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Geranium robertianum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
COMMON NAME:
Herb Robert
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JK Marlow jkm090924_050
September Hancock County ME
Acadia National Park: Wild Gardens of Acadia
Leaves pinnately 3-5 lobed, deeply dissected, the end segment stalked, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
COMPARE
leaves of Geranium, Larkspur and Monkshood
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JK Marlow jkm090924_051
September Hancock County ME
Acadia National Park: Wild Gardens of Acadia
Bright pink to red-purple petals are not notched, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Geranium robertianum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Geranium robertianum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
3024
Forb
Annual/Biennial
Habitat: Rocky woodlands, especially over calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native, apparently: north of the Carolinas & Georgia
Click here to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Compound
Basal & alternate (often opposite when subtending the inflorescence)
Leaflets have petiolules.
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pink
(rarely white)
Bisexual
5 sepals
5 petals
10 fertile stamens
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p288
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006) p124
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p171
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p205
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p090