Geranium carolinianum




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