Pelargonium vitifolium

Geranium

Family: Geraniaceae · Type: shrub · Not Native

Geranium is a naturalized shrub found in the northern and central California Coast bioregions in disturbed sites at elevations below 300 meters. Flowering from April to August, this plant produces light to rose-pink flowers approximately 15 to 18 millimeters wide in dense clusters of 3 to 12 blooms. Growing with erect soft-woody branches less than 1 meter tall, it develops a distinctive shrubby form. Its leaves are notable for being wider than long, heart-shaped, and 6 centimeters wide with 3 to 5 coarsely toothed lobes. The plant features soft hairs and branches that are more than 3 millimeters in diameter.

Habitat: Disturbed sites

Bloom period: Apr-Aug

Elevation: < 300 m

Bioregions: NCo, CCo

California counties: San Mateo, San Francisco, Sonoma, Mendocino

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