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Home  /  Plants  /  Budburst Species  /  Geranium maculatum 'Espresso'
Phenology Observation Sheet for Wildflowers and Herbs

COMMON NAME

Wild geranium 'Espresso'

SCIENTIFIC NAME

Geranium maculatum 'Espresso'

ALSO KNOWN AS

Spotted cranesbill

Plant family

Geranium (Geraniaceae)

Plant group

Wildflowers and Herbs

Wild geranium is an upright wildflower with unbranching stems, usually reaching 1.5 to 2 feet tall and 1 to 1.5 feet wide. The foliage of 'Espresso' is chocolate brown, and maintains its color throughout the growing season.
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Identification hints

Leaves arise from the base of the plant instead of the stem (basal) and have leaf stalks up to 12 inch long, while a few smaller, 3-lobed leaves can be found along the stem.
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Wild geranium is pollinated by bees, butterflies, and flies.
DISTRIBUTION IN TH U.S.
There is no information available about this species.
HABITAT
There is no information available about this species.
ATTRIBUTES
Leaves
Leaves are palmately lobed with 5 to 7 deeply divided lobes. The leaf margins have some smaller lobes and deep teeth.
Flowers
Wild geranium has clusters of 2 to 5 flowers at the top of the stems. Flowers have 5 rounded petals that are lavender to pink streaked with darker veins. It has 10 stamens with yellow to brown tips.
Fruits
Fruit is a capsule with 5 chambers, which spring open when ripe. Each chamber has one seed which is attached to the central column of the capsule by a long slender stalk. This unusual fruit structure is how Geranium gets its common name, cranesbill.
Bloom Time
Blooming late spring to early summer.

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