Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Geraniales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Geranium carolinianum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Carolina Cranesbill at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Geranium carolinianum var. carolinianum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database
Geranium carolinianum var. confertiflorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 101-01-004:
Geranium carolinianum FAMILY Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Geranium carolinianum
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Cranesbill
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JK Marlow jkm170320_157
March Laurens County SC
Charlie Lollis Memorial Park
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Keith Bradley kab_g_carolinianum_01384
March Miami-Dade County FL
Krome Bird Refuge
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_g_carolinianum_2
March
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_g_carolinianum_2b
March
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JK Marlow jkm0504i_08
April Greenville County SC
Roadside
Leaves are round to reniform, to 3" wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm0504i_12
April Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm100427_007b
April Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120406_603
April Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm190425_7761
April Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm210414_9549
April Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm210414_9552
April Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm210414_9553
April Greenville County SC
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmgcarolinianum_and2
April Anderson County SC
Leaves have 3 to 5 long linear-oblong lobes, deeply toothed at the tips, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
COMPARE
leaves of Geranium, Larkspur and Monkshood
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Roxanna Martin rlm41711_115
April Spartanburg County SC
Flowers less than 0.5" wide, have 5 petals and 10 stamens, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Roxanna Martin rlm41711_140
April Spartanburg County SC
Sepals 5-7mm long excluding the 1-2mm long mucro, densely pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Roxanna Martin rlm43011_232
April Spartanburg County SC
Capsules (schizocarps) with a narrow beak about 0.7" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow s000426_h
April Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120526_571
May Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm140504_711
May Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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Roxanna Martin rlm51809_044
May Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm140922_925b
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Yes, this was in September...
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Geranium carolinianum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Geranium carolinianum var. carolinianum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Geranium carolinianum var. confertiflorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 101-01-004:
Geranium carolinianum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Geranium carolinianum
607
Forb
Winter annual/Biennial
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, lawns, pastures, gardens, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
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:
Simple - palmately lobed or dissected
Basal & alternate (often opposite when subtending the inflorescence)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pale pink
Bisexual
5 sepals
5 petals
10 fertile stamens
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p088
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p028
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p280
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p374
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p196
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p041
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p135
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p218
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p170
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p204
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p089
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992) p129