Carolina Geranium

(Geranium carolinianum)

Characteristics

Seedling	Leaves	Flowers	Fruit

Growing habits: Erect, widely branching winter annual or biennial herb

Root anatomy: Fibrous roots from a shallow taproot

Leaf anatomy: Leaves have an alternate arrangement near base but opposite arrangement above; leaves wide, deeply cut into 5-9 fingerlike lobes or toothed segments

Reproduction: Inflorescences terminal on stems & branches, flowers pink/pale purple/white

^{References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice}