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Geranium fremontii Torr.; A. Gray, PL Pendl. 26. 1849 Perennial, the caudex branched. Stems tufted, usually scape-like, 2-5 dm. long, ascending or spreading, retrorsely pubescent, and more or less glandular above ; leafblades thick, pentagonal and conspicuously angular, 2-4.5 cm. wide, 3-5-parted, the divisions coarsely toothed or lobed, rather canescent; pedicels stout, densely hirsute-puberulent with viscid glandular hairs; sepals awn-tipped, the outer ones 10-11 mm. long, the bodies oblong to oblong-lanceolate, ciliate and more or less glandular ; petals pink-purple, 15-20 mm. long; styde-column 20-25 mm. long, about 2 mm. thick, pubescent like the pedicels; carpel-bodies 4 mm. long, pilose-strigose ; seeds reticulate.
Type locality : Moro River, New Mexico. Distribution : Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona.
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- John Kunkel Small, Lenda Tracy Hanks, Nathaniel Lord Britton. 1907. GERANIALES, GERANIACEAE, OXALIDACEAE, LINACEAE, ERYTHROXYLACEAE. North American flora. vol 25(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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Geranium marginale Rydberg, sp. nov Perennial, the eaudex cespitosely branched. Stems erect or ascending, 1-4 dm. long, commonly simple below, minutely pubescent with short retrorse and rather appressed hairs; leaf-blades pentagonal in outline, 2-3 cm. wide, minutely pubescent, 3-5-parted, the divisions, at least the terminal one, cuneate, and mostly 3-toothed at the apex ; pedicels closely retrorse-pubescent ; sepals awn-tipped, the outer ones 8-9.5 mm. long, the bodies ellipticlanceolate, minutely pubescent; petals light-pink or rose-colored, 12-15 mm. long; stylecolumn 15-18 mm. long, minutely hirsute; carpel-bodies 4.5-5 mm. long, sparingly pubescent.
Tvpe collected on the Aquarius Plateau at the head of Poison Creek, Utah, August 4, 1905, P. A. Rydberg & E. C. Carl Ion 7401. Distribution : Utah.
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- John Kunkel Small, Lenda Tracy Hanks, Nathaniel Lord Britton. 1907. GERANIALES, GERANIACEAE, OXALIDACEAE, LINACEAE, ERYTHROXYLACEAE. North American flora. vol 25(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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Geranium caespitosum James, Exp. L,ong 2 : 3. 1823
Perennial, the caudex branched. Stems tufted, scape-like, 1.5-4 dm. long, retrorsely pubescent ; leaf-blades thick, pentagonal or nearly orbicular in outline, 2-6 cm. wide, canescent or strigillose-canescent, 3-5-parted, the divisions incised or lobed; pedicels glandular-hirsute ; sepals awn-tipped, the outer ones 9-11 mm. long, the bodies oblong-elliptic or elliptic-ovate, ciliate and sometimes glandular near the base ; petals rose-purple, 14-17 mm. long; style-column 18-20 mm. long, glandular-pubescent; carpel-bodies 3-3.5 mm. long, glandular-pubescent ; seeds reticulate.
Type locality : Base of the Rocky Mountains.
Distribution : Wyoming and Colorado, and perhaps in California.
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- John Kunkel Small, Lenda Tracy Hanks, Nathaniel Lord Britton. 1907. GERANIALES, GERANIACEAE, OXALIDACEAE, LINACEAE, ERYTHROXYLACEAE. North American flora. vol 25(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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Geranium cowenii Rydb. Fl. Colo. 218. 1906 Perennial, the eaudex sparingly branched. Stems few together, scape-like, erect, 3-5 dm. long, retrorsely pubescent ; leaf-blades pentagonal in outline, 2.5-6 cm. wide, 3-5-parted, the divisions cleft, lobed or toothed, thickish, rather canescent ; petioles of the lower leaves elongate, pubescent like the stem; pedicels more or less hirsute; sepals awn-tipped, the outer ones 10-12 mm. long, the bodies elliptic, ciliate ; petals pink-purple, 12-15 mm. long ; style-column 15-18 mm. long, finely pubescent and sometimes sparingly glandular ; seeds reticulate.
Type locality: Not given, but the tvpe was collected in Rist Canon, Colorado, II'. F. Marshall 1151.
Distribution: Colorado and Wyoming.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel Small, Lenda Tracy Hanks, Nathaniel Lord Britton. 1907. GERANIALES, GERANIACEAE, OXALIDACEAE, LINACEAE, ERYTHROXYLACEAE. North American flora. vol 25(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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Geranium parryi (Engelm.) Heller, Cat. N Am. PL ed. 2. 7. 1900. Geranium Fremoniii Parryi Engelm. Am. Jour. Sci. II. 33: 405. 1862.
Perennial, the caudex branched. Stems tufted, scape-like, 2-6 dm. long, glandularvillous ; leaf-blades thickish, pentagonal, 2.5-6 cm. broad, canescent-strigillose, more or less glandular, 3-5-parted, the divisions incised or lobed ; pedicels glandular-hirsute ; sepals awn-tipped, the outer ones 8.5-9.5 mm. long, the bodies elliptic to ovate, glandularciliate ; petals pink-purple, 12-15 mm. long; style-column 18-23 .mm. long, pubescent like the pedicels; carpel-bodies 3.5-4 mm. long, glandular-hirsute; seeds reticulate.
Type locality : Rocky Mountains. Distribution : Wyoming, Colorado, and Arizona.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel Small, Lenda Tracy Hanks, Nathaniel Lord Britton. 1907. GERANIALES, GERANIACEAE, OXALIDACEAE, LINACEAE, ERYTHROXYLACEAE. North American flora. vol 25(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Geranium caespitosum
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Geranium caespitosum, the purple cluster geranium or pineywoods geranium, is a perennial herb native to the western United States and northern Mexico. Its US distribution includes Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming.[4]
It has a purple to red flower with 5 stamens, and the sepals are acuminate, tapering with a long point. It has palmately lobed leaves. The fruit is a schizocarp made up of 5 mericarps. Flowers bloom May to September.[5] Geranium caespitosum has fleshy roots that penetrate deeply into the soil.[6] It grows in damp soils, as in the understory of coniferous forests and in canyons.
Uses
The Gosiute use the plant as an astringent and a decoction of the root to treat diarrhea. The Keres use roots crushed into a paste to treat sores, and the whole plant as turkey food.[7]
Cultivation
The pineywoods geranium is grown in xeriscape and native plant gardens for their well displayed pink flowers.[6]
Varieties
The four varieties may known by the following common names:
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G. c. var. caespitosum – pineywoods geranium
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G. c. var. eremophilum – purple cluster geranium
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G. c. var. fremontii – Fremont's geranium
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G. c. var. parryi – Parry's geranium
In the United States, all four varieties are found in Arizona and New Mexico, and the purple cluster geranium is only found there. The other varieties are all found in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming, and the pineywoods variety extends into Nevada and Texas.[4]
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Geranium caespitosum: Brief Summary
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Geranium caespitosum, the purple cluster geranium or pineywoods geranium, is a perennial herb native to the western United States and northern Mexico. Its US distribution includes Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming.
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It has a purple to red flower with 5 stamens, and the sepals are acuminate, tapering with a long point. It has palmately lobed leaves. The fruit is a schizocarp made up of 5 mericarps. Flowers bloom May to September. Geranium caespitosum has fleshy roots that penetrate deeply into the soil. It grows in damp soils, as in the understory of coniferous forests and in canyons.
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