Geraniaceae
From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
Family: Geraniaceae
Group: Vascular Plant, Species
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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Erodium cicutarium | Red-stem Stork-bill | This species is considered one with invasive tendencies. Only reported from Juneau, with old collections (from 1920s) and one collection from 2004 in ARCTOS. No other records in AKEPIC. |
Geranium bicknellii | Bicknell's Cranebill | A single collection in ARCTOS from Juneau. AKEPIC includes this species in the introduced plants database, though e-Flora BC indicates it is native in British Columbia. |
Geranium carolinianum | Carolina Cranebill | A single collection in ARCTOS from Juneau with no recent records. This species is probably not established in Southeast Alaska. |
Geranium erianthum | Northern Stork-bill | Fairly Common perennial herb on well-drained meadows from the beach to subalpine. Georeferenced collections in ARCTOS are mostly from the northern mainland, but also from Baranof, Coronation, and Prince of Wales Islands. |
Geranium robertianum | Herb Robert | Few collections in ARCTOS, but reports from several communities in the region in AKEPIC database. |
Geranium sanguineum | Bloody Geranium | Two collections in ARCTOS (1936 and 1948) from the Pioneer Home Garden in Sitka (where it had apparently been moved from its initial location at Sawmill Cove). No other reports in AKEPIC. |