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Geraniaceae “The Geranium Family”

Geraniaceae “The Geranium Family”. By Jerry Warmbold. Geraniaceae. 7 to 10 genera's 2 Found in Minnesota Geranium Erodium With a total of ~800 species. Geraniaceae Characteristics . Herbs or shrubs Leaves alternate or opposite, simple to pinnately or palmately compound, and lobed

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Geraniaceae “The Geranium Family”

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  1. Geraniaceae“The Geranium Family” By Jerry Warmbold

  2. Geraniaceae • 7 to 10 genera's • 2 Found in Minnesota • Geranium • Erodium With a total of ~800 species

  3. GeraniaceaeCharacteristics • Herbs or shrubs • Leaves alternate or opposite, simple to pinnately or palmately compound, and lobed • Most often stipulate • Synoecious • Inflorescence of cymose umbels, rarely solitary flowers or compound cymes • Flowers perfect, regular, or irregular • Sepals 5, 4, or 8; distinct or basally connate • Petals 5 (0, 2, 4, or 8) and distinct • Stamens 5-15 distinct or filaments basally connate • Carpels 5 (3-8), and connate • Superior ovary • Schizocarp fruit • Edible when plant is young, but dried mericarps can injure livestock

  4. Geranium maculatumWild Geranium • Low perennial herb • Dicot • Leaves in colonies of long petioled, palmately cleft, gland tipped, basal leaves • flowers in pairs, • Petals pink/purple and longer than the calyx • Crane’s bill fruits , splitting into curly segments • Flowers from April – June • Found in rocky open woods, thickets, and ravines • Pubescent stem http://www.swsbm.com/Images/Walcott/Geranium_maculatum.jpg

  5. Geranium maculatum http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=GEMA&photoID=gema_008_ahp.tif http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=GEMA&photoID=gema_010_ahp.tif http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.missouriplants.com/Blueopp/Geranium_maculatum_leaves.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.missouriplants.com/Blueopp/Geranium_maculatum_page.html&usg=__m6JerZn5LwYBLg1Rh3bQJoilHuU=&h=550&w=430&sz=36&hl=en&start=3&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=CqkvM8jkhR5pYM:&tbnh=133&tbnw=104&prev=/images%3Fq%3DGeranium%2Bmaculatum%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26tbs%3Disch:1

  6. References • Walters, Dirk., Keil, David., Murrell, Zack. 2006. Vascular Plant Taxonomy . 5th ed. U.S.: Kendall/Hunt. 180. Print. • http://www.missouriplants.com/Blueopp/Geranium_maculatum_page.html

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