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Bicknell's cranesbill

Geranium bicknellii

Also called Northern Crane's Bill, Bicknell's Crane's Bill, Bicknell's Geranium, Bicknell's Wild Geranium, Northern Geranium, Bicknell's Northern Cranesbill, Bicknell’s Geranium

Bicknell's cranesbill
Photo: Unknown author, Public domain
Family
Geraniaceae (Geranium family)
Grows as
Annual
Safety
Toxic
Native range
Subarctic America to U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Geranium bicknellii is a species of geranium known by the common names Bicknell's cranesbill and northern cranesbill. It is native to much of the northern half of North America, where it can be found in a number of forest and woodland habitats. This is an annual or biennial herb which grows hairy stems up to about half a meter long. It may be erect or lie near the ground. Each leaf is several centimeters long and wide and is divided into several lobes, each of which may have smaller lobes or teeth. Flowers grow singly or in pairs and have pointed sepals and small lavender petals, each with a notch in the tip. The fruit has a rounded body with a long, straight style about 2 centimeters in length and tipped with a small beak.

Geranium bicknellii is a fire-adapted species, occurring most abundantly in recently burned forests.

Other Geranium plants

Geranium aculeolatum · Geranium albanum · Geranium antisanae · Hawai'i red cranesbill · Geranium argenteum · Geranium aristatum · Geranium asphodeloides · Geranium bohemicum · Alpine Crane's Bill · Pineywoods geranium · California cranesbill · Carolina geranium

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Geranium bicknellii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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