Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Geraniales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Geranium carolinianum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Carolina Cranesbill at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Varieties are sometimes recognized, with two in our area (var. carolinianum and var. confertiflorum) a notable difference being the length of upper internodes (which affects the relative compactness of the inflorescence). Read more in Weakley's Flora (2023).
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Geranium carolinianum var. carolinianum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Geranium carolinianum
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Geranium carolinianum var. carolinianum
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
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 jkm0504i_08
April Greenville County SC
Roadside
Leaves are round to reniform, to 3" wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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
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).
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).
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).
JK Marlow jkm140922_925b
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Yes, this was in September...
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Geranium carolinianum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Geranium carolinianum var. carolinianum
FAMILY
Geraniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Geranium carolinianum
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Geranium carolinianum var. carolinianum
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
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
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