Common Name: wild geranium, spotted cranesbillScientific Name: Geranium maculatum L.Family Name: Geraniaceae - Geranium FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cyclenative perennial, reproducing by seed and creeping roots Stemsupright, branched, hairy, hairs spreading or pointed toward base Leavesopposite on stem (one pair with short petiole or sessile) and basal leaves (few to several with long petiole), palmately divided and deeply cleft into 5-7 segments upper commonly having 3 segments, segments irregularly shallow and deeply toothed, hairy Flowers5-petaled, pink to lavender purple occasionally white, petals with dark lines and whitish bases ; terminal cluster, loose, few to several Fruitcapsule, upright, long, thin, beaked, 5-seeded, green to brown at maturity