Geranium pusillum

Small-flower Crane's-bill

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Species group: Plants

Data Sources

Classification

Kingdom:

Plantae

Phylum:

Anthophyta

Class:

Dicotyledoneae

Order:

Geraniales

Family:

Geraniaceae

Genus:

Geranium

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Distribution
Morphology
Habitat
Associations
Cyclicity
Molecular Biology
Conservation Status

Distribution

National Distribution

Canada

Origin: Exotic

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

United States

Origin: Exotic

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

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Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Geranium pusillum Burm. f.:
Canada (North America)
Greenland (North America)
Peru (South America)
United States (North America)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

References:

Böcher, T. W., K. Holmen & K. Jacobsen. 1968. Fl. Greenland (ed. 2) 312 pp.
Macbride, J. F. 1949. Geraniaceae, Flora of Peru. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 13(3/2): 511–544.
Small, J. K. 1933. Man. S.E. Fl. i–xxii, 1–1554. Published by the Author, New York.
Hickman, J. C. 1993. Jepson Man.: Higher Pl. Calif. i–xvii, 1–1400. University of California Press, Berkeley.
Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. Cal. Fl. 1–1681. University of California Press, Berkeley.

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Missouri Botanical Garden

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Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Geranium pusillum L.:
Canada (North America)
Kazakhstan (Asia)
Russian Federation (Asia)
Tajikistan (Asia)
Turkmenistan (Asia)
United States (North America)
Uzbekistan (Asia)
China (Asia)
Kyrgyzstan (Asia)
Afghanistan (Asia)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

References:

Anonymous. 1986. List-Based Rec., Soil Conserv. Serv., U.S.D.A. Database of the U.S.D.A., Beltsville.
Voss, E. G. 1985. Michigan Flora. Part II Dicots (Saururaceae-Cornaceae). Bull. Cranbrook Inst. Sci. 59. xix + 724.
Gleason, H. A. 1968. The Choripetalous Dicotyledoneae. vol. 2. 655 pp. In H. A. Gleason Ill. Fl. N. U.S. (ed. 3). New York Botanical Garden, New York.
Radford, A. E., H. E. Ahles & C. R. Bell. 1968. Man. Vasc. Fl. Carolinas i–lxi, 1–1183. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill.
Great Plains Flora Association. 1986. Fl. Great Plains i–vii, 1–1392. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence.
Fernald, M. 1950. Manual (ed. 8) i–lxiv, 1–1632. American Book Co., New York.
Flora of China Editorial Committee. 2008. Fl. China 11: 1–622. Science Press & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing & St. Louis.

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Distribution

Naturalized in Taiwan [native to Afghanistan, W Asia, Europe, Kashmir, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan].

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Distribution

Distribution: Europe (except N.), W. & C. Asia, Africa, Syria and W. temperate Himalaya, from 800-2700 m.

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Morphology

Description

Annuals. Stem 10-50 cm tall, erect or decumbent, not rooting at nodes, with 0.1-0.3 mm patent nonglandular trichomes and 0.1-0.2 mm patent glandular trichomes. Stipules lanceolate, distinct. Leaves opposite; petiole with 0.1-0.3 mm patent nonglandular trichomes and 0.1-0.2 mm patent glandular trichomes; leaf blade 1.5-3.8 cm, palmately cleft, ratio of main sinus/middle segment length = 0.3-0.75, pilose with appressed nonglandular trichomes; segments 5, obtriangular, 2-4 mm wide at base, 3(-5)-lobed at apex, ratio of second sinus/middle segment length = 0.16-0.29. Cymules solitary, 2-flowered; peduncle 0.5-3.2 cm. Pedicel 0.6-1.6 cm, with 0.1-0.3 mm patent nonglandular trichomes and 0.1-0.2 mm patent glandular trichomes; bracteoles linear-lanceolate. Sepals 3-4.5 mm, mucro ca. 0.1 mm, ratio of mucro/sepal length = 0.02-0.03, outside with 0.6-1 mm patent nonglandular trichomes and 0.2-0.5 mm ± patent nonglandular and glandular trichomes, outside glabrous. Petals pale purple, 2-3 mm, erect to patent, both surfaces glabrous, margin basally ciliate, apex emarginate with a 0.2-0.5 mm notch. Stamens external whorl lacking anthers and reduced to 5 staminodes; filaments white, lanceolate, abaxially pilose and proximal half ciliate, trichomes 0.1-0.2 mm; anthers purplish, ca. 0.3 mm. Nectaries 5, hemispheric, glabrous. Stigma yellowish. Fruit 0.9-1.1 cm, erect when immature; mericarps smooth, without a basal callus, with to 0.2 mm appressed nonglandular trichomes, base with a few cilia; rostrum 7-9 mm, without a narrowed apex; stigmatic remains 0.5-0.7 mm. Seeds 1.7-1.8 mm. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Aug-Oct. 2n = 26.

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Description

A diffuse slender glandular-pubescent annual. Leaves suborbicular or reniform, 10-28 mm broad, plamatipartite; segments 5-7, terminally 2-3-lobed, lobes obtuse, mucronate. Stipules 1.5-2 mm long, ovate-lanceolate, sometimes 2-fid, hairy. Peduncles 2-flowered, glandular. Flowers c. 4 mm broad. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, 1-1.5 mm long, hairy. Sepals 1.5-3 mm long, ovate or oblong-ovate, long ciliate, glandular-pubescent. Petals slightly exceeding sepals, obovate, lilac or pink, base sparsely ciliate. Filament base dilated, ciliate. Beak 6-8 mm long, glandular-pubescent. Mericarps appressed pubescent, not wrinkled. Seed c. 1.5 mm long, oblong, glabrous.

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Habitat

Open habitats, dry grassland, cultivated and waste places; 1800-2300 m.

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Associations

Foodplant / parasite
mainly epiphyllous, becoming superficial pseudothecium of Coleroa circinans parasitises live leaf of Geranium pusillum
Remarks: season: 10-4

Foodplant / open feeder
Limobius borealis grazes on leaf of Geranium pusillum

In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / parasite
sporangium of Peronospora conglomerata parasitises live Geranium pusillum
Other: major host/prey

Foodplant / parasite
cleistothecium of Podosphaera fugax parasitises live Geranium pusillum

Foodplant / spot causer
hypophyllous colony of Ramularia anamorph of Ramularia geranii causes spots on live leaf of Geranium pusillum

Foodplant / parasite
hypophyllous telium of Uromyces geranii parasitises live leaf of Geranium pusillum

Source:

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Cyclicity

Flower/Fruit

Fl. Per.: April-May.

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Molecular Biology

Barcode data: Geranium pusillum

The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.

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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Geranium pusillum

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 3
Specimens with Barcodes: 6
Species With Barcodes: 1

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Conservation Status

National NatureServe Conservation Status

Canada

Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable

United States

Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable

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NatureServe Conservation Status

Rounded Global Status Rank: GNR - Not Yet Ranked

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NatureServe Explorer

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ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.144228

Classification

Other Global Common Names:

Small-flowered Geranium - géranium à tige grêle

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Taxonomy:

Informal Taxonomy:

Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Geranium Family

Formal Taxonomy:

Plantae - Anthophyta - Dicotyledoneae - Geraniales - Geraniaceae - Geranium

Ecology and Life History

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GNR

Global Status Last Reviewed:

Global Status Last Changed:

1994-03-22

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Geranium pusillum

Small-flower Crane's-bill

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Distribution

National Distribution

Canada

United States

Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Localities documented in Tropicos sources

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Barcode data: Geranium pusillum

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Geranium pusillum

Small-flower Crane's-bill

Data Sources

Table of Contents

Distribution

National Distribution

Canada

United States

Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Distribution

Distribution

Morphology

Description

Description

Habitat

Habitat

Associations

Associations

Cyclicity

Flower/Fruit

Molecular Biology

Barcode data: Geranium pusillum

Statistics of barcoding coverage: Geranium pusillum

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National NatureServe Conservation Status

Canada

United States

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