Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Geraniales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Geranium dissectum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
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Read more about Cutleaf Cranesbill at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Geranium dissectum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Geranium dissectum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Geranium dissectum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 101-01-003:
Geranium dissectum FAMILY Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Geranium dissectum
COMMON NAME:
Cutleaf Cranesbill
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_g_dissectum_8981b
March Catawba County NC
Similar to G. carolinianum but has deep pink or purple flowers w 1/4" petals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_geranium_dissectum_4
April
Leaves 5-7 cleft, the divisions again cleft into linear segments, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE leaves of Geranium, Larkspur and Monkshood
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Geranium dissectum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Geranium dissectum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Geranium dissectum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Geranium dissectum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 101-01-003:
Geranium dissectum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Geranium dissectum
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