PLANTS Profile for Geranium caespitosum (pineywoods geranium)

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PLANTS Profile

Geranium caespitosum James
pineywoods geranium

Symbol:

GECA3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Geraniaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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©G.A. Cooper. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Department of Systematic Biology-Botany. United States, AZ, Sunset Crater National Monument. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Geranium caespitosum James

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Distribution:
Geranium caespitosum James


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USA (AZ, CO, NM, NV, TX, UT, WY)

Related Taxa:
Geranium caespitosum James

View 3 genera in Geraniaceae, 44 species in Geranium or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Geranium caespitosum James var. caespitosum. .

Geranium caespitosum var. caespitosum
pineywoods geranium

Distribution of Geranium caespitosum James var. eremophilum (Woot. & Standl.) W.C. Martin & C.R. Hutchins. .

Geranium caespitosum var. eremophilum
purple cluster geranium

Distribution of Geranium caespitosum James var. fremontii (Torr. ex A. Gray) Dorn. . Image Available.

Geranium caespitosum var. fremontii
Fremont's geranium

Distribution of Geranium caespitosum James var. parryi (Engelm.) W.A. Weber. . Image Available.

Geranium caespitosum var. parryi
Parry's geranium

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Geranium caespitosum James

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Geraniales
Family	Geraniaceae – Geranium family
Genus	Geranium L. – geranium
Species	Geranium caespitosum James – pineywoods geranium

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Geranium caespitosum James

Geranium eremophilum [=GECAE]:

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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Reg. H

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Geranium caespitosum James

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 29130.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 08:41 PM CDT