Geranium lucidum

Shining geranium

Family: Geraniaceae · Type: annual · Not Native

Conservation status: Cal-IPC Yes

Shining geranium is a naturalized annual found in the central California coast region, including Berkeley and Alameda County, in open to shaded disturbed ground at elevations below 100 meters. Flowering in May, this plant produces delicate purple flowers about 5 to 9 millimeters wide with rounded petals. Growing with erect stems 0.5 to 4.5 decimeters tall and sparse soft hairs, it has a slender, upright habit. Its leaves are deeply divided into approximately five obtriangular segments, with leaf blades 2 to 4.2 centimeters wide. The fruit features a distinctive 12 to 13 millimeter narrow beak with glandular-fringed margins and net-like surface.

Habitat: Open to shaded sites, disturbed ground

Bloom period: May

Elevation: < 100 m

Bioregions: CCo (Berkeley, Alameda Co.)

California counties: Alameda, Del Norte, Humboldt

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.