| Purple Wild Geranium, Geranium caespitosum. Photo Taken At Blue Ridge Lake or Reservoir, Arizona Located At 6,604 feet, In The Coconino National Forest On The Mogollon Rim Near Payson. July 29, 2009. |
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| Purple Wild Geranium, Geranium caespitosum. Yarnell Arizona September 30, 2006. |
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| Purple Wild Geranium, Geranium caespitosum. Yarnell Arizona September 30, 2006. |
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Purple Wild Geranium.
We wish to thank Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia for some of the information on this page. We share images and information with Wikipedia. Geranium caespitosum is the less common cousin of the very common white Wild Geranium or Sticky Geranium, Geranium viscosissimum. Geranium caespitosum (Purple Cluster Geranium or Pineywoods Geranium) is a perennial herb native to Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Texas, Utah, Wyoming, and northern Mexico. It has a purple (red) flower with 5 stamens and has palmately lobed leaves. The fruit is a schizocarp made up of 5 mericarps. The sepals of the flower are acuminate (tapering with a long point). It prefers growing in the understory of coniferous forests and damp soils such as in canyons. Purple Wild Geranium grows from about 4 to 36 inches tall. Its stems are stout, forked, and hairy. It reproduces by seed. It blooms from May to September. Geranium caespitosum provides good forage in the Southwest, especially for sheep, and cattle. Deer graze both its flowers and leaves. Purple Wild Geranium has encountered approximately eleven scientific name changes since the plant was first described and named in 1823 by Edwin James.
Quick Notes:
Height: About 4 inches to about 36 inches high.
Flowers: Lilac to magenta with five petals.
Flowering Time: In Yarnell, Arizona from about June to September.
Leaves: Palmately lobed, petioles of basal and its lower leaves are hairy, not sticky. The leaves give off an odor when crushed.
Fruit: A sharp-pointed, narrow capsule with an elongated tail, which coils spirally at maturity. The point is driven into the ground as it ripens.
Shape: Basal rosette. Stems are often red.
Found: Native to the southwestern United States, (AZ, CA, CO, NM, NV, TX, UT); as well as far south as northern Mexico. ( Sonora, and Baja California ).
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Elevation: 4,500 - 11,500 Feet.
Habitat: On on foothills, in sub - alpine meadows, scrub - oak, and oak ponderosa pine forests. It also can be found in perennial fields. It prefers well-drained, clayey, loamy, or sandy soil.
Miscellaneous: Flowering Photos Taken At Yarnell, Arizona. September 30, 2006.
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