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How to Manage Pests

Identification: Weed Photo Gallery

Cutleaf geranium

Scientific name: Geranium dissectum (Geranium Family: Geraniaceae)

Life stages of Cutleaf geranium Image

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DESCRIPTION:
Cutleaf geranium is a freely branching annual or biennial broadleaf plant that remains prostrate in turf. Cotyledons (seed leaves) are slightly asymmetrical, broader than they are long, with slightly truncate tips that are indented. Bases are somewhat lobed. Cotyledons and their short stalks have short and usually glandular hairs. Hairy stems, which can be over 2 1/2 feet (0.76 m) are rough to the touch. Rosette leaves are deeply lobed. Stem leaves are deeply cut 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.


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