Geranium niveum S. Watson

Geranium niveum S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 21 : 421. 1886 Perennial, the caudex branched. Stems tufted, scape-like, erector ascending, 2-5 dm. long, copiously retrorse-strigillose with white hairs, the first node elongate ; leaf-blades reniform in outline, 4-7 cm. broad, 5-7-parted, the divisions parted into linear, permanently silky-canescent lobes which are not impressed-veined above ; petioles elongate, pubescent like the stem ; pedicels stout, more or less glandular-pubescent, with spreading hairs ; sepals awned, the outer ones 10-12 mm. long, the bodies oblong or nearly so, finely pubescent and ciliate; petals pink-purple, 14-16 mm. long; style-column 25-30 mm. long, minutely glandular-pubescent, purple ; carpel-bodies 4-4.5 mm. long, pubescent with purple hairs ; seed reticulate.
Type locality : Norogachi, Mexico. Distribution : Northern Mexico.