Geranium molle

ClassificationDicots
FamilyGeraniaceae
Family (Traditional)Geraniaceae
GenusGeranium
Species:Geranium molle L.
Common NameDovefoot Geranium; Dove Foot Cranesbill
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LC; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: NRG; Duration: Annual; Duration: Biennial; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Xeric; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Region of Origin: Asia; Region of Origin: Europe; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Dissection: 0.5; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: Pink; Carpel Number/Pistil: 5; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Schizocarp; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 1; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Number: 5; Placentation Type: Axillary; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 10
C value N/A
StatusNot Native; TN[SNA] KY[SNA] (State Rank); GNR (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Harlan (KY), Mercer (KY), Trigg (KY), Blount (TN), Cannon (TN), Carter (TN), Claiborne (TN), Cumberland (TN), Davidson (TN), DeKalb (TN), Giles (TN), Hamilton (TN), Knox (TN), Lawrence (TN), Lincoln (TN), Loudon (TN), McMinn (TN), Marion (TN), Marshall (TN), Maury (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Rutherford (TN), Sevier (TN), Stewart (TN), Sullivan (TN), Sumner (TN), Unicoi (TN), Washington (TN), Williamson (TN), Wilson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MEM, MTSU, TENN, UCHT

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1956 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 08 May 2014 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Geranium molle
ETSU008471 Unicoi Tennessee
ETSU
Geranium molle
31973000013847 Sumner Tennessee
KNK
Geranium molle
31973000013846 Sumner Tennessee
KNK
Geranium molle
TENN-V-0133692 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Geranium molle
TENN-V-0133677 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Geranium molle
TENN-V-0133696 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Geranium molle
TENN-V-0133693 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Geranium molle
TENN-V-0133689 Loudon Tennessee
TENN
Geranium molle
TENN-V-0133688 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Geranium molle
TENN-V-0133698 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Geranium molle
TENN-V-0133686 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Geranium molle
TENN-V-0133695 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Geranium molle
TENN-V-0133701 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Geranium molle
TENN-V-0133702 Wilson Tennessee
TENN
Geranium molle
TENN-V-0133687 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Geranium molle
TENN-V-0133674 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Geranium molle
TENN-V-0133684 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Geranium molle
TENN-V-0133675 Cannon Tennessee
TENN
Geranium molle
TENN-V-0133690 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Geranium molle
TENN-V-0133676 Claiborne Tennessee
TENN
Geranium molle
TENN-V-0133694 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Geranium molle
TENN-V-0133678 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Geranium molle
TENN-V-0133691 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Geranium molle
TENN-V-0133683 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Geranium molle
TENN-V-0133697 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Geranium molle
TENN-V-0133700 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Geranium molle
TENN-V-0133680 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Geranium molle
TENN-V-0133685 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Geranium molle
UCHT017796 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Geranium molle
UCHT017792 Davidson Tennessee
UCHT
Geranium molle
UCHT017794 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Geranium molle
UCHT017798 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Geranium molle
UCHT017793 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Geranium molle
APSC0012784 Lincoln Tennessee
APSC
Geranium molle
APSC0012780 Giles Tennessee
APSC
Geranium molle
APSC0052620 Davidson Tennessee
APSC
Geranium molle
APSC0110001 Davidson Tennessee 14 Apr 2019 Mason Brock
APSC
Geranium molle
APSC0012782 Davidson Tennessee
APSC
Geranium molle
APSC0012776 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Geranium molle
APSC0012781 Davidson Tennessee
APSC
Geranium molle
APSC0012783 Maury Tennessee 05 May 1985
APSC
Geranium molle
APSC0012777 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Geranium molle
APSC0083309 Harlan Kentucky
APSC
Geranium molle
APSC0012785 Giles Tennessee
APSC
Geranium molle
APSC0012778 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Geranium molle
HTTU026518 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Geranium molle
MTSU013242 Rutherford Tennessee 18 Apr 1985 Linda Johnson
43
MTSU
Geranium molle
MTSU013232 Rutherford Tennessee 18 Apr 2010 Rachel R. Yates
39
MTSU
Geranium molle
MTSU013233 Lawrence Tennessee 18 Apr 2003 Shelly Boyd
18
MTSU
Geranium molle
MTSU024162 Rutherford Tennessee 20 May 1994 Terri Hogan
MTSU
Geranium molle
MTSU013240 Rutherford Tennessee 20 Apr 1989 Sylvia Hassankiadeh
43
MTSU
Geranium molle
MTSU013236 Rutherford Tennessee 25 Apr 2000 Rebecca Frye
28
MTSU
Geranium molle
MTSU013235 Rutherford Tennessee 25 Apr 2000 Alex Brown
28
MTSU
Geranium molle
MTSU012979 Rutherford Tennessee 29 Mar 2011 Dash Hibbard
31
MTSU
Geranium molle
MTSU013239 Rutherford Tennessee 10 Apr 1989 Vanessa Schulz
29
MTSU
Geranium molle
MTSU013238 Maury Tennessee 09 Apr 1989 Michelle Walker
22
MTSU
Geranium molle
MTSU013243 Rutherford Tennessee 30 Apr 1984 Stephen Long
40
MTSU
Geranium molle
MTSU013244 Maury Tennessee 20 Apr 1980 Janice Vinson
7
MTSU
Geranium molle
MTSU013234 Rutherford Tennessee 04 May 2002 Beth Crocker
3
MTSU
Geranium molle
MTSU013241 Marshall Tennessee 07 Apr 1985 Marshall Brown
22
MTSU
Geranium molle
TENN-V-0243959 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Geranium molle
UCHT042057 McMinn Tennessee
UCHT
Geranium molle
ETSU034799 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Geranium molle
ETSU018146 Unicoi Tennessee 04 May 2014 Frosty Levy
14050
ETSU
Geranium molle
MEM020635 Davidson Tennessee 11 May 1987 R. Kral
73992
MEM
Geranium molle
ETSU018149 Washington Tennessee
ETSU
Geranium molle
MTSU012997 Williamson Tennessee 05 Apr 1990 Marcia Anderton
133
MTSU
Geranium molle
TENN-V-0133682 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Geranium molle
TENN-V-0133681 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Geranium molle
TENN-V-0133699 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Geranium molle
TENN-V-0133679 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Geranium molle
ETSU006271 Carter Tennessee 11 Apr 2016 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Geranium molle
31234100457173 Mercer Kentucky 30 Jun 1976 Donald Pelly
9
EKY
Geranium molle
31234100457181 Mercer Kentucky 11 Apr 1991 David D. Taylor
15393
EKY
Geranium molle
BEREA015035 DeKalb Tennessee
BEREA
Geranium molle
BEREA015034 DeKalb Tennessee
BEREA
Geranium molle
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 19 May 2010 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Geranium molle
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 22 May 2014 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Geranium molle
31234100457165 Mercer Kentucky 19 May 1956 Mary Wharton
9900
EKY
Geranium molle
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Geranium molle - Dwayne Estes
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Geranium molle - Dwayne Estes
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Geranium molle - Dwayne Estes
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Geranium molle - Shawn Krosnick
Geranium molle - Shawn Krosnick
Geranium molle - Shawn Krosnick
Geranium molle - Shawn Krosnick
Geranium molle - Shawn Krosnick
Geranium molle - Shawn Krosnick
Geranium molle - Shawn Krosnick
Geranium molle - Shawn Krosnick