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Geranium caespitosum, the purple cluster geranium or pineywoods geranium, is a perennial herb native to the western United States and northern Mexico. Its US distribution includes Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming. It has a purple to red flower with 5 stamens, and the sepals are acuminate, tapering with a long point. It has palmately lobed leaves. The fruit is a schizocarp made up of 5 mericarps. It grows in damp soils, as in the understory of coniferous forests and in canyons.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Geranium
- Family
- Geraniaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en purple cluster geranium en pineywoods geranium
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