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Question: Hi Is this Geranium Maculatum? It is growing next to a wet wooded area in Sunderland, Mass 01375 Thank you!

  • Question

    Hi Is this Geranium Maculatum? It is growing next to a wet wooded area in Sunderland, Mass 01375 Thank you!

    Answer

    Dear rkidder1, good morning. It certainly looks like Geranium maculatum. You can confirm by making sure it does not have stalked glands on the pedicels supporting the flowers (or then it would be Geranium pratense, a species typically with blue flowers). Best wishes.