Wildflowers Found in Oregon

Shiny Geranium

Geranium - lucidum Low-growing annual with small, pink, 5-petaled flowers that grow in pairs on little stems, Leaves are shiny (especially later in the season), round to kidney-shaped with 5-7 lobes (that are themselves shallowly lobed). Sepals (around the base of the flower) are keeled (stick out) with noticeable cross-ribs. Stems are reddish and not hairy, up to 20 inches tall. Bloom time is spring to late July. Resembles the common yard weed called dovefoot geranium (Geranium molle) but dovefoot's petals are deeply notched (looks like the flowers have ten petals instead of five), the plant is more fuzzy and the stems are less red.