PLANTS Profile for Geranium viscosissimum (sticky purple geranium)

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Geranium viscosissimum Fisch. & C.A. Mey. ex C.A. Mey.
sticky purple geranium

Symbol:

GEVI2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Geraniaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Geranium viscosissimum Fisch. & C.A. Mey. ex C.A. Mey.

Brother Alfred Brousseau. Courtesy of St. Mary's College of California. ©St. Mary's College of California. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Geranium viscosissimum Fisch. & C.A. Mey. ex C.A. Mey.

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Distribution:
Geranium viscosissimum Fisch. & C.A. Mey. ex C.A. Mey.


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USA (CA, CO, ID, MT, NE, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Geranium viscosissimum Fisch. & C.A. Mey. ex C.A. Mey.

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

Distribution of Geranium viscosissimum Fisch. & C.A. Mey. ex C.A. Mey. var. incisum (Torr. & A. Gray) N.H. Holmgren. .

Geranium viscosissimum var. incisum
sticky purple geranium

Distribution of Geranium viscosissimum Fisch. & C.A. Mey. ex C.A. Mey. var. viscosissimum. .

Geranium viscosissimum var. viscosissimum
sticky purple geranium

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Geranium viscosissimum Fisch. & C.A. Mey. ex C.A. Mey.

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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 viscosissimum Fisch. & C.A. Mey. ex C.A. Mey. – sticky purple 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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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 viscosissimum Fisch. & C.A. Mey. ex C.A. Mey.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FAC

FACU

FACU*

FACU+

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Geranium viscosissimum Fisch. & C.A. Mey. ex C.A. Mey.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 29125.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

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).

View 3 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 12:52 PM CST