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Internal ID UUID64401ddd4bfb1779927657
Scientific name Geranium californicum
Authority G.N.Jones & F.F.Jones
First published in Rhodora 45: 38 (1943)

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Geranium californicum, also known as California cranesbill, is a perennial herb found exclusively in California. It grows up to half a meter tall and has thin, hairy stems with palmate leaves divided into smaller segments. The flowers, which can be white, pale pink, or lavender, have five pointed sepals and five rounded to oval-shaped petals. This species is commonly found in the Sierra Nevada and coastal ranges in the southern part of the state.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Geranium concinnum G.N.Jones & F.F.Jones Rhodora 45: 36 (1943)
Geranium leucanthum Small N. Amer. Fl. 25(1): 18. 1907 [24 Aug 1907]

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English california cranesbill

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Northwest
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • California

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World Flora Online wfo-0000700162
USDA Plants GECA4
Tropicos 13900765
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:296455-2
The Plant List kew-2822978
Open Tree Of Life 106697
NCBI Taxonomy 379941
Nature Serve 2.128839
IPNI 296455-2
iNaturalist 77252
GBIF 2890862
Freebase /m/03wczmz
Calflora (Californian flora) 3796
USDA GRIN 424451
Wikipedia Geranium_californicum

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