Geranium richardsonii (Richardson's Geranium)

7/8/16 Lundy Canyon Trail, Inyo National Forest,
Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA

7/8/16 Lundy Canyon Trail, Inyo National Forest,
Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA

  7/4/16 Seep off Rock Creek Road, Eastern Sierra, Inyo National Forest, Mono County, Ca

 7/4/05 Forest Service Road 64 just past turnoff to Blue Lake from County Road 58,

Modoc National Forest, Lassen County, CA

 7/4/05 Forest Service Rd. 64, Modoc National Forest

7/7/05 Roadside seep on Rock Creek Road (en route to Mosquito Flat/Little Lakes trailhead), Inyo National Forest, Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA

 8/16/04 Along unpaved road from Lundy Lake Resort to trailhead paralleling Mill Creek to Lundy Falls. Eastern Sierras, Inyo National Forest, Mono County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Richardson's Geranium

SPECIES: Geranium richardsonii

FAMILY: Geraniaceae (Geranium Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 8/16/2004

LOCATION: Along unpaved road from Lundy Lake Resort to trailhead paralleling Mill Creek to Lundy Falls. Eastern Sierras, Inyo National Forest, Mono County, CA

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Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):

Perennial

Stem ascending to erect, 2–8 dm, glabrous to sparsely hairy, glandular above

Leaves: lower 5–30 cm; blades 5–15 cm wide, divided into ± 5 broadly wedge- to diamond-shaped segments, upper 3/4 of segments lobed

Flower: pedicels 1–2 cm; sepals 6–12 mm, awned; petals 10–18 mm, rounded, white to lavender, generally purple-veined, basal half soft-hairy

Fruit: body 3–4 mm, sparsely hairy; style column 20–25 mm, beak 2–3 mm

Seed coarsely pitted

Ecology: Moist sites, meadows, coniferous forest

Elevation: 1200–2700 m.  

Bioregional distribution: High Sierra Nevada, Transverse Ranges, San Jacinto Mountains, Warner Mountains 

Distribution outside California: to British Columbia, Rocky Mtns