Geranium maculatum

Wild Geranium

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Family: Geraniaceae

Mid-Atlantic bloom time: April - June

Wild Geranium has thick rhizomes close to the top of the soil, from which it can produce a clump of above-ground plants 2 - 3 feet in diameter.

The fruit is usually composed five spring-loaded sections that form a long pointy structure, (thought to be shaped like a crane's bill). When the fruits ripen, the sections spring upward and each section throws a seed away from the parent plant.




16 May 2012
Appalachian Trail in Shenandoah National Park, VA
16 May 2012
Appalachian Trail in Shenandoah National Park, VA
10 May 2014
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA
20 May 2015
G. Richard Thompson Wildlife Management Area, Linden, VA




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