Geranium bicknellii

           
Bicknell's Geranium

Flower Dissected

Hudson Bay Trout Pond, 
2 km East of Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan
03-Aug-05

Note that the key to the families in Budd's Flora requires "some or all leaves alternate".  In fact, the leaves are opposite in this species.

Note also that the key to the species in Budd's Flora requires "stalks of individual flowers more than twice as long as calyx".  However, this is more consistently true for the fruiting pedicels, as stated in the Flora of Alberta key.

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Bicknellii: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora and Flora of Alberta leading to this species.  
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plant annual or biennial; NOT [perennial, with rootstocks or caudices]

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inflorescence loose; NOT compact

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stalks of individual flowers more than twice as long as calyx (Budd's Flora, see notes above)

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fruiting pedicels much longer than the calyx; NOT [shorter than to slightly longer than the calyx] (Flora of Alberta, see notes above)

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flowers NOT over 12 mm across

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sepals broadly lanceolate to oblong-ovate; NOT broadly ovate

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sepals bristle-tipped

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petals scarcely longer than sepals; NOT much longer than sepals

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petals 2-8 mm long; NOT 1-2 cm long

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beak of mature style column 3-5 mm long; NOT 1-1.5 mm long

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seeds rough; NOT smooth

 
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Geranium: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora and Flora of Alberta leading to this genus.
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leaves palmately lobed or divided; NOT [pinnately lobed or dissected]

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leaves palmately veined; NOT pinnately veined

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anthers 10; NOT 5

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stylar parts merely recoiled at dehiscence and glabrous within; NOT [spirally twisted at dehiscence and bearded within]

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tails of capsules (mericarps) merely curved; NOT twisted at maturity 

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capsule (mericarp) round; NOT spindle-shaped

 
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Geraniaceae: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora leading to this family.
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herbs; NOT shrubs, NOT trees

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plants terrestrial or semiaquatic; plants NOT aquatic, leaves NOT submerged, leaves NOT floating

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plants NOT with colored milky juice

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plants with more than one normal leaf

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some or all leaves alternate; leaves NOT [opposite, whorled, or basal] (See notes above.)

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leaves with stipules

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leaves palmately divided; NOT of 3 leaflets

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flowers with two floral rings, and with each petal distinct from the others

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flowers regular in shape

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calyx regular

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stamens usually separate or partly so; NOT in a column

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stamens 5 or 10; stamens NOT [usually numerous]

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ovary of 5 united carpels; ovary NOT [of one or more carpels, either separate or enclosed by a fleshy receptacle

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fruit with a long beak