Wild Geranium
Classification:
Family: Geraniaceae, geranium family
Genus species: Geranium maculatum
Leaves:
Leaves are palmately lobed with five or seven deeply cut lobes
Flowers:
Flowers are 1 to 2 inches in diameter with five pale purple petals. Produces flowers in mid-spring in April and May.
More Information:
The genus name and common name Geranium is from the Greek geranos for “crane,” from the beak-like shape of the fruit.
Photos:Wild Geranium flower
Wild Geranium leaf
