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How to Manage Pests

Identification: Weed Photo Gallery

Cutleaf geranium

Scientific name: Geranium dissectum (Family Geraniaceae)

Life stages of Cutleaf geranium Image

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DESCRIPTION:
Cutleaf geranium is a freely branching annual that remains prostrate in turf. Leaves are dissected into narrow leaf divisions. Small, purple flowers are conspicuous. Seed pods are thin and may be up to 2 inches (5 cm) in length.

Broadleaf ID illustration.

Text modified from Elmore, C.L., W.B. McHenry, and D.W. Cudney. 1989. Weed control in large turf areas. Chapter 3 in Turfgrass Pests. UC ANR Publication 4053.


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