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Oregon geranium

Geranium oreganum

Also called Oregon Crane's Bill, Western Geranium

Oregon geranium
Photo: Dianne Fristrom, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Geraniaceae (Geranium family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
SW. Washington to NW. California
Climate
temperate

About

Geranium oreganum is a species of geranium known by the common name Oregon cranesbill, or Oregon geranium. It is native to western North America from California to Alberta, where it grows in mountain forests and meadows. This is a perennial herb growing generally erect to heights of 40 to 80 centimeters. The slender stems have a foliage of large palmate leaves up to 15 centimeters wide and divided into several segments, each of which is subdivided into rounded or pointed lobes. The flower has pointed sepals beneath rounded lavender to purple petals. The fruit has a small body with a pointed style column up to five centimeters long.

Other Geranium plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Geranium oreganum 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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