Geranium carolinianum Calflora

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Taxon Report

Geranium carolinianum L.

Carolina geranium

2018 Ron Vanderhoff

2019 Ron Vanderhoff

2004 Carol W. Witham

2009 Zoya Akulova

Geranium carolinianum is an annual herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.


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Genus:	Geranium
Family:	Geraniaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Habitat: streambanks

Communities: Yellow Pine Forest, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, Valley Grassland, many plant communities

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


JEF	Geranium carolinianum var. carolinianum
JEF	Geranium carolinianum var. sphaerospermum
JEF	Geranium sphaerospermum

More information about Geranium carolinianum


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (GECA5) BONAP Distribution Map	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape Photos on PlantID.net Google Images Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria. [web application]. 2022. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 09/24/2022).