Geranium dissectum L.
cut-leaved geranium (cutleaf geranium; cut-leaved crane's-bill)
Geraniaceae (Geranium family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
cut-leaved geranium (cutleaf geranium; cut-leaved crane's-bill)
Geraniaceae (Geranium family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Annual herb from a taproot; stems decumbent to erect, branched, stiff-hairy, usually glandular above, 15-60 cm tall.
Leaves:
Basal leaves few, reduced and soon deciduous; stem leaves opposite, more or less rounded in outline, 2-6 cm wide, palmately divided into 5-7 segments, these deeply cleft nearly to the base into linear segments, spreading-hairy.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of terminal or axillary clusters of 2 stalked flowers; petals pink to purplish, shallowly notched, 4-5 mm long; sepals equal to the petals, bristle-tipped, the tips 1 mm long; stamens 10, fertile, not fused.
Fruits:
Carpels, evenly stiff-hairy with spreading hairs; styles 1.3-1.6 cm long, the beak 2-3 mm long; seeds oblong, strongly honeycombed.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Geranium dissectum
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
875 | 840 | 910 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
29 | 11 | 47 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
263 | 236 | 290 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
2 | 2 | 3 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
D | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
2 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
IDF | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
IDF(2) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
|
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Habitat and Range
Mesic to dry roadsides, fields and waste places in the lowland and montane zone; frequent in SW BC, rare in the Queen Charlotte Islands and in C BC; introduced from Europe.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Geranium laxum Hanks