Geranium viscosissimum (Purple Sticky Geranium) - photos and description
Basal leaf in above photo
Stem leaf in above photo
General: Robust perennials with a branching growth habit. Foliage covered in glandular hairs making the entire plant sticky to the touch, particularly the flowering stems and flower clusters. Quite a showy garden plant.
Flowers: Inflorescence cymose, flowers showy, reddish purple to pink, 3 cm in diameter, flowering begins mid to late June.
Leaves: Stem leaves opposite. Basal long-stalked. Leaves are palmate, divided into 3 to 5 lobes. We measured a leaf at 13 cm in diameter.
Height: Height listed in the Budd's Flora to 90 cm, we measured plants to 67 cm tall.
Habitat: Prairie slopes in the Cypress Hills.
Abundance: Rated rare provincially, ranked as an S2 (as of 2021) from the Saskatchewan Conservation Data Centre. Fairly common on hillsides and prairie meadows in the Cypress Hills.
Origin: Native.
When and where photographed: Above photos taken July 8th, west block of the Cypress Hills, about 450 km southwest of our home in Regina, SK.