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Geranium erianthum (woolly geranium)

Synonyms: Geranium elatum; Geranium erianthum albiflora; Geranium erianthum alpestris; Geranium erianthum angustifolium; Geranium erianthum communis; Geranium erianthum elatum; Geranium erianthum leucanthum; Geranium erianthum orientale; Geranium erianthum pallescens; Geranium eriostemon orientale; Geranium gorbizense; Geranium maculatum; Geranium orientale; Geranium pratense erianthum; Geranium subumbelliforme

Attributes

Height [3]  23 inches (0.6 m)
Width [3]  17 inches (0.45 m)
Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Screening - Summer [2]  Dense
Screening - Winter [2]  Porous
Hardiness Zone Minimum [2]  USDA Zone: 4 Low Temperature: -30 F° (-34.4 C°) → -20 F° (-28.9 C°)
Light Preference [2]  Full Sun
Soil Acidity [2]  Moderate Acid
Soil Fertility [2]  Intermediate
Flower Color [2]  Purple
Foliage Color [2]  Green
Fruit Color [2]  Brown
Flower Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Fruit Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Bloom Period [2]  Early Summer
Drought Tolerance [2]  None
Fire Tolerance [2]  None
Flower Type [3]  Hermaphrodite
Frost Free Days [2]  4 months
Growth Form [2]  Rhizomatous
Growth Period [2]  Spring
Growth Rate [2]  Moderate
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Pollinators [3]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Propagation [2]  Bare Root, Container, Cutting, Seed
Root Depth [2]  11 inches (30 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [2]  Slow
Seeds Per [2]  99792 / lb (220003 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [2]  Erect
Structure [4]  Herb
Usage [3]  A brown dye is obtained from the flowers; The roots and the leaves are rich in tannin; Plants are suitable for ground cover when spaced about 45cm apart each way;
Vegetative Spread Rate [2]  Moderate
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Allegheny Portage Railroad Nat'l Hist. Site National Historic Site III 1152 Pennsylvania, United States
Aniakchak National Monument National Preserve Ib 458519 Alaska, United States
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area National Recreation Area V 120283 Kentucky, Tennessee, United States
Blue Ridge Parkway National Parkway V 73611 North Carolina, Virginia, United States
Bluestone National Scenic River National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway V 3517 West Virginia, United States
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge VI 16363 Delaware, United States
Booker T. Washington National Monument V 237 Virginia, United States
Calvin College Ecosystem Preserve 90 Michigan, United States
Catoctin Mountain Park National Park II 5994 Maryland, United States
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area V 7622 Georgia, United States
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Hist. Park National Historical Park V 19586 Maryland, District of Columbia, United States
Chickamauga & Chattanooga Nat'l Military Park National Military Park V 8248 Georgia, Tennessee, United States
Chippewa Nature Center   Michigan, United States    
Cumberland Gap National Hist. Park National Historical Park V 24282 Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, United States
Denali Biosphere Reserve 1932364 Alaska, United States
Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge   Puerto Rico, United States
Edwin S. George Reserve 1297 Michigan, United States
Fort Donelson National Battlefield III 560 Tennessee, United States
Fort Necessity National Battlefield III 1019 Pennsylvania, United States
Friendship Hill National Historic Site III 697 Pennsylvania, United States
Gauley River National Recreation Area V 10157 West Virginia, United States
Gettysburg National Military Park V 3560 Pennsylvania, United States
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Ib 591068 Alaska, United States
Grand Rapids Audubon Club Maher Sanctuary 80 Michigan, United States
Great Smoky Mountains National Park II 515454 North Carolina, Tennessee, United States
Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge VI 3161 New Jersey, United States
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park VI 715 West Virginia, United States
Hope College Biology Nature Preserve 55 Michigan, United States
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site III 861 Pennsylvania, United States
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park V 1926 Alabama, United States
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore II 8272 Indiana, United States
Katmai National Park and Preserve Ib 421782 Alaska, United States
Kenai Fjords National Park Ib 574822 Alaska, United States
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park III 2897 Georgia, United States
Kings Mountain National Military Park V 3925 South Carolina, United States
Kluane National Park and Reserve National Park Reserve II 5463436 Yukon, Canada
Kronotskiy Biosphere Reserve 361480 Russia  
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve Ib 386679 Alaska, United States
Magadansky Zapovednik 2332834 Russia  
Mammoth Cave Area Biosphere Reserve (Natn'l Park) National Park II 51235 Kentucky, United States
Manassas National Battlefield Park III 5132 Virginia, United States
Morristown National Historical Park VI 1677 New Jersey, United States
New River Gorge National River National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway V 55591 West Virginia, United States
Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve 470167 Ontario, Canada  
Obed Wild and Scenic River National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway V 5268 Tennessee, United States
Ocmulgee National Monument V 693 Georgia, United States
Oconee National Forest Botanical Reserve 306 Georgia, United States  
Point Pelee National Park II 5764 Ontario, Canada
Rock Creek Park   District of Columbia, United States
Rondeau Provincial Park II 5035 Ontario, Canada
Roosevelt Vanderbilt National Historic Site   New York, United States        
Saint Lawrence Islands National Park II   Ontario, Canada
Saratoga National Historical Park   New York, United States
Shenandoah National Park II 108221 Virginia, United States
Shiloh National Military Park III 4061 Tennessee, United States
Sikhote-Alinskiy Biosphere Reserve 978001 Russia  
Sitka National Historical Park   Alaska, United States
Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve 37548505 North Carolina, Tennessee, United States  
Tennessee River Gorge   Tennessee, United States
Upper Miss. River Nat'l Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge VI 25823 Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, United States
Valley Forge National Historical Park VI 3509 Pennsylvania, United States
Western Michigan University's Asylum Lake Preserve 274 Michigan, United States

Predators

Carmenta giliae[5]
Lacinipolia lorea[5]
Parectopa geraniella[5]
Sphenarches anisodactylus (Geranium Plume Moth)[6]

Providers

Pollinated by 
Agapostemon viridulus[7]
Alcidamea simplex <Unverified Name>[7]
Andrena geranii[7]
Andrena illinoensis <Unverified Name>[7]
Anthophora ursina[7]
Apis mellifera (honey bee)[7]
Augochlora viridula <Unverified Name>[7]
Bombias separatus <Unverified Name>[7]
Bombus americanorum[7]
Bombus consimilis <Unverified Name>[7]
Bombus impatiens[7]
Bombus ridingsii <Unverified Name>[7]
Bombus variabilis[7]
Ceratina dupla (Little carpenter bee)[7]
Ceratosmia lignaria <Unverified Name>[7]
Chelostoma philadelphi[7]
Chloralictus pilosus <Unverified Name>[7]
Chloralictus versatus <Unverified Name>[7]
Coelioxys sayi[7]
Curtisapis coriacea <Unverified Name>[7]
Empis distans[7]
Empis humilis <Unverified Name>[7]
Empis otiosa[7]
Empis pudica[7]
Eurymus philodice <Unverified Name>[7]
Everes comyntas <Unverified Name> (Eastern Tailed Blue)[7]
Halictus lerouxii[7]
Helophilus latifrons[7]
Hemaris thysbe (common clear-wing)[7]
Microstelis lateralis <Unverified Name>[7]
Monilosmia canadensis <Unverified Name>[7]
Nomada denticulata[7]
Osmia atriventris (Maine blueberry bee)[7]
Osmia pumila[7]
Oxystoglossa similis <Unverified Name>[7]
Ptilandrena oligolege <Unverified Name>[7]
Ptilandrena polemonii <Unverified Name>[7]
Tetralonia belfragei <Unverified Name>[7]
Tetralonia dilecta <Unverified Name>[7]
Tetralonia rosae <Unverified Name>[7]
Thanaos martialis[7]
Xanthidium luteolum <Unverified Name>[7]

Distribution

Western Michigan University’s Asylum Lake;

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Photos

Citations

Species recognized by Aedo C., Jul-2012, RJB Geranium: Geranium Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000) ♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons License ♦ 4Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 5HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández ♦ 6Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera), C. Gielis, Zool. Med. Leiden 80 (2006) ♦ 7Robertson, C. Flowers and insects lists of visitors of four hundred and fifty three flowers. 1929. The Science Press Printing Company Lancaster, PA.
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators. ♦ Calvin College Ecosystem Preserve ♦ Chippewa Nature Center ♦ Edwin S. George Reserve, University of Michigan, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology ♦ Maher Sanctuary, Grand Rapids Audubon Club ♦ Hope College Biology Nature Preserve ♦ Western Michigan University’s Asylum Lake
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