Geranium richardsonii
white crane's-bill, white geranium
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Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia south to southern California and New Mexico.

Habitat: Mostly in partial shade, from the lowlands to well up in the mountains.

Flowers: June-August

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bumblebees, bees, flies, wasps, beetles

Description:
General:

Perennial, stems erect, 1.5-9 dm, soft-hairy.

Leaves:

Leaves 4.5-11.5 cm broad, palmately divided nearly to base into 5-7 segments, segments rhombic, blade round in outline, somewhat hairy.

Flowers:

Inflorescence 2-flowered; flowers radial, on pedicels 15-30 mm; sepals 7-8 mm, not ridged, bristle-tipped; petals 14-20 mm, rounded, white to light pink with purple veins, upper surface hairy towards base; nectary glands hairy beneath; stylar column 14-19 mm, stigmas 3-4 mm.

Fruits:

Mericarps 5, 3.5-4 mm, smooth, sparsely hairy; seeds deeply pitted.

Accepted Name:
Geranium richardsonii Fisch. & Trautv.
Publication: Index Seminum [St.Petersburg (Petropolitanus)] 4: 37. 1838.

Synonyms & Misapplications:
(none provided)
Additional Resources:

PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Geranium richardsonii in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database

WA Flora Checklist: Geranium richardsonii checklist entry

OregonFlora: Geranium richardsonii information

E-Flora BC: Geranium richardsonii atlas page

CalPhotos: Geranium richardsonii photos

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