Geranium maculatum
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Photo, Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Geranium maculatum |
| Common name: | Spotted geranium or wild geranium |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Geraniaceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | 1 - 2' |
| Foliage: | Leaves palmately divided |
| Flower: | rose-purple, 1 - 1-1/2" across |
| Flowering time: | Flowers late April to early June; fruits late May to early July |
| Habitat: | woods |
| Range in New Jersey: | Common in woods of northern counties and frequent in the Middle district and the southern part of Cape May peninsula.ewide |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc. | USDA
lists as facultative upland, usually occurs in non-wetlands (estimated
probability 67%-99%), but occasionally found on wetlands (estimated
probability 1%-33%). |