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Photographer: Christopher Noll
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Family Geraniaceae
Geranium robertianum L.
Herb-Robert, Robert's geranium
Geranium: from the Greek geranos, "crane," from the beak-like fruit
robertianum: of Robert
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, annual/biennial, 6"-24" tall forb; stems spreading, branching, softly hairy; rank smelling |
| Flower: | pink to red-purple, 5-parted, 3/4"-1" wide; inflorescence mostly a 2-flowered, stalked cluster from the upper nodes; blooms May-Oct. |
| Leaf: | palmately-divided to the base into 3-5 pinnately-lobed segments |
| Habitat: | moist; shores, woods; in rich, limy soil often on dolomite |
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