Wildflowers Identified: Wild Geranium
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Wild Geranium has these characteristics:
- 5 petals
- several flowers on stem
- 1 to 2 inches flower width
- whitish flower color
- pink to red flower color
- blue to purple flower color
- blooms in April or earlier
- blooms in May
- blooms in June
- blooms in July
- plant height one foot or less
- plant height one foot to two feet
- plant height two feet or more
- leaf petiole present (has a leafstalk)
- opposite one another leaf arrangement on the stem
- leaf edge has at least 4 teeth per inch
- irregular leaf edge
- deeply cut leaf edge
- branched leaf veins
- simple leaves about as long as wide
- stem is hairy or spiny
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Eric Haines,
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