Carolina cranesbill

Geranium carolinianum

  • Carolina cranesbill
  • Carolina cranesbill
  • Flower name
    Carolina cranesbill
  • Scientific name
    Geranium carolinianum
  • AliasCarolina cranesbill, Carolina geranium, 亜米利加風露, Geranium
  • Place of originNorth America
  • Place of floweringFields and footpaths
  • Flowering seasonMay, June, July, September

What is Carolina cranesbill

Carolina cranesbill (scientific name:Geranium carolinianum) is an annual weed of the geraniaceae family naturalized from North America . It spreads on the roadside of the all over Japan. The height of the grass is approximately 40cm. There is much hair in the calyx edge. The leaves are 3 to 5 deep cleavage and, in addition to differentiate each. From late spring to early autumn ,it takes out a flower stalk for and engthenes corymb from the top and lets small white or pink florets bloom at the corymb.

Generic name:Carolina cranesbill, scientific name:Geranium carolinianum , aka:Carolina geranium, Carolina cranesbill origin: North America, Habitat: Japan national, environment: roadside, life-forms: year weed, plant height: 40 cm, flower-shaped corymbs, flower color: white-light pink, flower diameter:0.5 cm, flowering period: May to September.


  • Order
    Geraniales
  • Family
    Geraniaceae
  • Genus
    Geranium
  • Species
    G. carolinianum
  • Type of flower
    Left-right symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Scattered inflorescence/ umbrella shape
  • Petal shape
    Five-petal
  • Leaf type
    Palm shape
  • Edge of the leaf
    Entire
  • Life typeannual weed
  • Flower colorsPink
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit color
  • Height40.0 ~ 40.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower0.5 ~ 0.5 cm

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