Pelargonium grossularioides

Gooseberry geranium

Family: Geraniaceae · Type: perennial · Not Native

Gooseberry geranium is a naturalized perennial found in coastal California regions including Northern Coast, Central Coast, San Francisco Bay Area, and Southern Coast in disturbed sites at elevations below 300 meters. Flowering from April to July, this plant produces delicate pink to rose-purple flowers less than one centimeter wide in open clusters of 3 to 50 blossoms. Growing with prostrate or sprawling stems 20 to 50 centimeters long and less than 3 millimeters in diameter, it spreads with sparse, short hairs. Its leaves are broadly round to ovate, typically less than 6 centimeters wide, with lobes that are coarsely toothed. The plant forms a low, spreading habit in disturbed landscapes, with a distinctive ability to grow in areas altered by human activity.

Habitat: Disturbed sites

Bloom period: Apr-Jul

Elevation: < 300 m

Bioregions: NCo, CCo, SnFrB, SCo

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