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Questions and Answers: 2017

Question: This Geranium was found blooming near the Thatcher Park Nature Ctr. Helderbergs NY I can't figure out which species.

  • Question

    This Geranium was found blooming near the Thatcher Park Nature Ctr. Helderbergs NY I can't figure out which species.

    Answer

    Dear Auntie, I can't answer your question without additional details. I would need to know the size of the flowers (best referenced through measuring the length of the petals). Also, I would need to know if there were stipitate glands on the stalks to the flowers and the sepals (which I can't see in the image). The color of the flower and orientation of the flowers suggests Geranium pretense (meadow crane's-bill), but the other details I mentioned here are necessary to confirm the identification.