Family:
Geraniaceae
Common Name(s):
Wild geranium
Flowering Time:
May to June
Fruit/Seed Maturation Sign:
Schizocarp turns dark and splits upon touch
Fruit/Seed Collection Dates:
Early June
Seed Cleaning:
Separate seeds from schizocarps
Storage:
Intolerant of dry storage; short-lived if stored dry (Cullina 2000)
Restoration Potential:
High
Notes
Transplants in an Iowa field study had 94% survival after 7 years (Mottl et al. 2006), and 78% in a Michigan study after 7 years (DeJong et al. 2017).
Self-sows and can spread by seed once established (Mottle et al. 2006).
Vegetative spread low from a stout, thick rhizome (Fernald 1950,Barkely 1986, Gleason and Cronquist 1991, Runkel and Bull 2009), although rhizomes can be up to 6 inches long, supporting several clusters of stems (Sperka 1973).
