SMALL GERANIUM
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Geranium pusillum L.
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| Mitchell County, Kansas |
| Annuall |
| Height: 4-20 inches |
| Family: Geraniaceae - Geranium Family |
| Flowering Period: April, May, June, July, August, September |
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| Stems: | | Spreading or ascending, branched, minutely hirsute. | | Leaves: | | Basal and cauline, simple; petiole present; blade reniform in outline, .5 to 1.2 inch long, .2 to .6 inch wide, margins deeply palmately divided nearly to petiole into 5-9 main segments, each segment further divided into several toothed, oblong, or linear lobes. | | Inflorescences: | | Cymes, umbel-like, or flowers solitary. | | Flowers: | | Sepals 5, distinct, ovate, .1 to .16 inch, apex tapered to minute sharp point; petals 5, pink to purple, distinct, wedge-shaped, .08 to .1 inch, apex shallowly to deeply notched; stamens 5; style column .25 to .35 inch; stigmas 5. | | Fruits: | | Schizocarps, fusiform, carpel beak coiled outward when dry; seeds brown to black, ellipsoid to ovoid, ca. .06 inch, appressed-pubescent. | | Habitat: | | Lawns, cemeteries, fields, pastures, and disturbed places. | | Distribution: | | Principally east 1/2 of Kansas | | Origin: | | Introduced | | Comments: | | A weedy species that is becoming increasingly common in Kansas.
Geranium - from the Greek geranos "crane", alluding to the long fruit and pusillum - "very small". |
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