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Wild Geranium
Geranium maculatum
 
Family Geranium  (Geraniaceae)
Bloom Spring, Early Summer
Habitat Woods, meadows
Status Native
Cycle Perennial
Height 1-2 feet"
Flower Attractive pink, rose-purple, blue, or white flowers appear either singly or as a few clusters at the end of hairy flower stalks.  Flowers are made up of 5 petals that usually have dark veins and are 1-2" in diameter.
Leaf Basal leaves 4-5" long on long stalks are coarsely toothed and deeply veined with 5-7 elongated lobes.
Notes Stems are hairy, erect and there are several per plant.

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