Geranium texanum

Texas geranium

Family: Geraniaceae · Type: annual · Not Native

Texas geranium is a naturalized annual herb found in the central Coast Ranges, specifically collected once in 1926 near Olema in Marin County, occurring in clearings and disturbed areas at elevations below 100 meters. Flowering from March to April, this plant produces pale purple or white flowers with rounded petals 4 to 5 millimeters long. Growing with erect or decumbent stems 10 to 45 centimeters tall covered in reflexed and appressed nonglandular hairs, it has a distinctive growth pattern. Its leaves are deeply divided, with 5 to 7 rhombic segments spanning 2.2 to 6 centimeters wide, cut approximately 0.75 to 0.9 of the way to the base. The fruit develops as a smooth mericarp 3 to 3.5 millimeters long, with a narrow beak 11 to 12 millimeters in length.

Habitat: Clearings, disturbed areas

Bloom period: Mar-Apr

Elevation: < 100 m

Bioregions: CCo (collected once, 1926, from Olema, Marin Co.)

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