Family | Geraniaceae |
Scientific name | Geranium carolinianum L. |
Synonyms | Geranium atrum Moench; Geranium carolinianum L. forma albiflorum B. Boivin; Geranium carolinianum L. var. confertiflorum Fernald; Geranium carolinianum L. var. sphaerospermum (Fernald) Breitung; Geranium carolinum Burman f.; Geranium dissectum L. var. carolinianum (L.) Hooker f.; Geranium langloisii Greene; Geranium lanuginosum Jacquin; Geranium lenticulum Rafinesque; Geranium sphaerospermum Fernald; Geranium subsericeum R. Knuth; Geranium thermale Rydberg |
Common name | (Japanese common name) America-furo (アメリカフウロ, 亜米利加風露 [meaning: American geranium]) |
(English common name) Carolina crane's bill, Carolina geranium | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) [native] Canada, USA, Bahamas, Bermuda, Jamaica | |
Habitat | Roadside, forest edge, farm yard, field |
Chromosomal number | 2n=52 |
Description | Plants 10-60cm tall. Leaves 3-4cm wide. Flowers pedicelets 5-12mm long, calyx lobes 5mm long, pink (or white) 2cm across, flowering in March to June. Annual plants. |
Reference | Geranium carolinianum L. |
Geranium carolinianum L. | |
Beehive-mounted device for utilizing honeybees (hymenoptera: apidae) in the dissemination of biocontrol agents (US Patent 5348511/1994) | |
Sequential application method for enhancing glyphosate herbicidal effectiveness with reduced antagonism (US Patent 5821195/1998) | |
Sequential application method for treating plants with exogenous chemicals (US Patent 5985793/1999) | |
Uracil compounds and use thereof (US Patent 6664214/2003) | |
Herbicidal mixtures having a synergistic effect (US Patent 6534444/2003) | |
Herbicidal composition (US Patent 6521567/2003) | |
Insect resistance management in agricultural applications (US Patent 6868634/2005) | |
Herbicidal compositions containing glyphosate and bipyridilium (US Patent 7008904/2006) | |
Pyridone compounds useful for producing pyridine compounds (US Patent 7223862/2007) | |
Process for producing pyridine compound (US Patent 7157579/2007) | |
Note | Naturalized plants (first reported in 1932). |
May 2007 at roadside |
May 2007 at roadside |
May 2007 at roadside |