[Geraniums East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Carolina Crane's-bill, Carolina Geranium

Geranium carolinianum

Synonyms: Geranium carolinianum var. carolinianum, Geranium carolinianum var. confertiflorum, Geranium carolinianum var. sphaerospermum, Geranium sphaerospermum

Carolina Crane's-bill, Carolina Geranium: Geranium carolinianum (Synonyms: Geranium carolinianum var. carolinianum, Geranium carolinianum var. confertiflorum, Geranium carolinianum var. sphaerospermum, Geranium sphaerospermum) - Carolina Crane's-bill, Carolina Geranium: Geranium carolinianum (Synonyms: Geranium carolinianum var. carolinianum, Geranium carolinianum var. confertiflorum, Geranium carolinianum var. sphaerospermum, Geranium sphaerospermum)

Carolina geraniums beginning to bloom in a vernally moist drainage along the Stubblefield Trail about a mile northwest of Stubblefield Lake, Turnbull Lake National Wildlife Refuge......July 4, 2018.

Carolina Crane's-bill, Carolina Geranium: Geranium carolinianum (Synonyms: Geranium carolinianum var. carolinianum, Geranium carolinianum var. confertiflorum, Geranium carolinianum var. sphaerospermum, Geranium sphaerospermum)

The weedy Carolina geranium growing in a riparian area along the Grande Ronde River in southern Asotin County, WA.........May 24, 2010. Note the petals which are about the length of the sepals and thus don't spread much. The leaf blades are round or heart-shaped in outline and divided into 5-7 braod, deeply lobed segments.

Paul Slichter