Geranium viscosissimum Fisch. & C.A. Mey. ex C.A. Mey.
Sticky Geranium (sticky purple crane's-bill; sticky purple geranium)
Geraniaceae (Geranium family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Sticky Geranium (sticky purple crane's-bill; sticky purple geranium)
Geraniaceae (Geranium family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Photograph
© Dave Ingram (Photo ID #4422)
SUBTAXA PRESENT IN BC
Geranium viscosissimum var. viscosissimum
Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from a thick stem-base; stems ascending to erect, branched, spreading short-hairy below, long hairy and often glandular-hairy above, 25-90 cm tall.
Leaves:
Basal leaves palmately divided 3/4 their length into 5 to 7, sharply toothed segments, stiff-hairy and more or less glandular; stem leaves similar, opposite, more or less rounded in outline, 4-12 cm wide.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of several to many flowers in an open terminal cluster; petals pinkish-purple to lavender (rarely white), soft-hairy on the lower 1/4 (or sometimes more) of the inner surface, rounded or slightly notched at the tips, 14-20 mm long; sepals 8-12 mm long, bristle-tipped, the tip 1-3 mm long; stamens 10, fertile, not fused.
Fruits:
Capsules, elongated, glandular-hairy; styles 2.5-5 cm long, the beaks 10-14 mm long; seeds oblong, pitted.
Notes:
A few of our plants (in SE BC), without glandular lower stems and stalks, may belong to the more southern var. nervosum (Rydb.) C.L. Hitchc.
USDA Species Characteristics
Flower Colour:
Purple
Blooming Period:
Mid Spring
Fruit/Seed characteristics:
Colour: Brown
Present from Summer to Fall
Source: The USDA
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Geranium viscosissimum
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 |
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|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
1288 | 330 | 2280 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
25 | 0 | 98 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
189 | 0 | 360 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
3 | 1 | 7 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
D | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
259 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
IDF | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
AT(1), BG(12), ESSF(69), ICH(4), IDF(115), MS(35), PP(4), SBS(7), SWB(1) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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