Geranium palmatum

Canary Island geranium

Family: Geraniaceae · Type: perennial · Not Native

Canary Island geranium is a naturalized perennial found in the Golden Gate Park area of San Francisco at elevations below 200 meters in open to shaded sites. Flowering in June, this plant produces pink to red-purple flowers 19 to 21 millimeters long with rounded petals. Growing 4 to 12 decimeters tall with ascending to erect stems, it develops a robust habit with sparse hairs. Its large leaves span 11 to 42 centimeters wide, deeply divided into 5 segments that are pinnately lobed and dissected, each segment measuring 6 to 10 centimeters long. The distinctive fruit features a long narrow beak 21 to 24 millimeters in length with a delicate net-like surface.

Habitat: Open to shaded sites

Bloom period: Jun

Elevation: < 200 m

Bioregions: CCo (Golden Gate Park, San Francisco)

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