genus
Geraniums and Cranesbills
Geranium
Field notes
Children
- Geranium 8 native
- Cranebills 1 native
- Wild Geranium native
- Siberian Crane's-bill introduced
- Knotted Crane's-bill present
- Purple-vein Geranium introduced
- Thunberg's Geranium introduced
- Geranium hayatanum present
- Geranium potentillifolium
- Oregon Crane's-bill native
- Texas Geranium present
- Geranium wilfordii present
- Nepal Geranium
- Armenian Crane's-bill introduced
- Huachuca Mountain Geranium present
- Geranium saxatile
- Trailing Geranium
- Mogollon Geranium native
- Geranium soboliferum
- Magnificent Cranesbill
- Geranium harveyi
- Shootingstar Geranium native
- Erodioidea
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Shrubs
- Plant type
- Annual Perennial Shrub Wildflower
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native geraniums and cranesbills All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Wild Geranium
Geranium maculatum
caterpillars
11
bees
1
hosts
1
food
2
flowers
140
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Herb Robert
Geranium robertianum
caterpillars
7
bees
1
food
10
flowers
74
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Carolina Crane's-bill
Geranium carolinianum
caterpillars
7
bees
1
food
2
flowers
91
-
Northern Cranesbill
Geranium bicknellii
caterpillars
7
bees
1
food
2
flowers
61
-
Sticky Geranium
Geranium viscosissimum
caterpillars
7
food
5
flowers
94
-
Pinewoods Geranium
Geranium caespitosum
caterpillars
7
food
2
flowers
91
-
Richardson's Geranium
Geranium richardsonii
caterpillars
7
food
2
flowers
62
-
Oregon Crane's-bill
Geranium oreganum
caterpillars
7
food
1
flowers
37
-
California Geranium
Geranium californicum
caterpillars
5
food
1
flowers
29
-
Woolly Cranesbill
Geranium erianthum
caterpillars
4
flowers
17
-
Mogollon Geranium
Geranium lentum
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
18
-
Shootingstar Geranium
Geranium dodecatheoides
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
17
-
Hinahina
Geranium cuneatum
-
Manyflower Geranium
Geranium multiflorum
-
Hawai'i Red Cranesbill
Geranium arboreum