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need id of small pink flower

Posted by michiganpete 5 (My Page) on
Sat, Dec 1, 12 at 0:53

Small pink flower with some white streaking, 5 petals, hairy stem and bladder sort of like bladder campion, photo'd in May in Michigan, wooded area, segmented leaves are just visible in background out of focus. TIA


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RE: need id of small pink flower

Geranium sp.


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RE: need id of small pink flower

Maybe Geranium robertianum.


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RE: need id of small pink flower

Thanks flora_uk and thedecoyguy, it is Geranium robertianum; the subspecies listed as native to MI by USDA is Geranium robertianum ssp. robertianum, Robert geranium. Oddly it is listed as Threatened and Endangered by 3 states and at the same time as a Class B noxious weed by another state, just goes to show that one mans wild flower is another's weed.


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