PLANTS Profile for Geranium carolinianum var. sphaerospermum (Carolina geranium)

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Geranium carolinianum L. var. sphaerospermum (Fernald) Breitung
Carolina geranium

Symbol:

GECAS

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Geraniaceae

Duration:

Annual
Biennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

More Information:

Images:
Geranium carolinianum L. var. sphaerospermum (Fernald) Breitung

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Synonyms:
Geranium carolinianum L. var. sphaerospermum (Fernald) Breitung

GESP

Geranium sphaerospermum Fernald

Distribution:
Geranium carolinianum L. var. sphaerospermum (Fernald) Breitung


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CA, CT, KS, MA, ME, MI, MT, ND, NH, NY, OR, RI, SD, VT, WA, WI), CAN (AB, BC, MB, ON, QC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Geranium carolinianum L. var. sphaerospermum (Fernald) Breitung

View 3 genera in Geraniaceae, 44 species in Geranium, 2 varieties in Geranium carolinianum L.

Classification:
Geranium carolinianum L. var. sphaerospermum (Fernald) Breitung

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Geraniales
Family	Geraniaceae – Geranium family
Genus	Geranium L. – geranium
Species	Geranium carolinianum L. – Carolina geranium
Variety	Geranium carolinianum L. var. sphaerospermum (Fernald) Breitung – Carolina geranium

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Geranium carolinianum L. var. sphaerospermum (Fernald) Breitung

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

New York:
Carolina cranesbill		Threatened

U.S. Weed Information:
Geranium carolinianum L. var. sphaerospermum (Fernald) Breitung

Geranium carolinianum
Carolina geranium

The related entity italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

KY		Haragan, P.D. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky.
N'EAST		Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York.
SWSS		Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

More Accounts and Images:
Geranium carolinianum L. var. sphaerospermum (Fernald) Breitung

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 528238.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/20/2013 03:30 AM CDT