Geranium viscosissimum var. viscosissimum Fisch. & C.A. Mey. ex C.A. Mey. | Species Image Gallery (opens in a new window) |
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TAXONOMY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Family: | Geraniaceae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genus: | Geranium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Species Synonyms: | Geranium attenuilobum G.N. & F.F. Jones | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Names: | sticky purple geranium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DISTRIBUTION | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Canada: | southern British Columbia – southern Alberta – southwestern Saskatchewan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saskatchewan: | southwestern Saskatchewan; Cypress Hills, Wood Mountain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ecoregion: | Cypress Upland, Mixed Grassland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HABITAT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saskatchewan: | moist, wooded, shrubby or grassy slopes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Associated species: | common yampah, mountain brome, plains rough fescue, Raynold’s sedge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
RARITY STATUS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Provincial
Status According to Harms (2003): |
Vulnerable |
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Nature Conservancy Status: | G5 S2 |
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Saskatchewan
Species at Risk Status: |
None |
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COSEWIC Status: | None |
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Sticky purple geranium is vulnerable because it is rare or uncommon in Saskatchewan and is regionally restricted to the Cypress Hills and surrounding area. This species is usually locally numerous within limited areas. No immediate threats are known for this species. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SPECIES DESCRIPTION | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height: | 30 – 90 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Roots: | rootstock stout, woody | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stem: | perennial, herbaceous, hairy, glandular | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leaves: | 5 – 10 cm wide, deeply palmately lobed, lobes 5 – 7, hairs stiff and straight, somewhat glandular | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inflorescence: | terminal flower maturing first, usually 2-flowered; inflorescence stalks 2 – 6 cm long, densely glandular-hairy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Flowers: | sepals 8 – 12 mm long, awned; petals 14 – 20 mm long, hairy at base for 1/5 of length, pinkish lavender to purple; stamens 10, in two rows; stylar column 3 – 5 cm long | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fruits: | capsule splitting from the base upwards into 5 segments, recoiled when dry, glandular-hairy, beak 10 – 14 mm long; seeds 3 – 3.5 mm long, faintly net-veined, brownish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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