Index / Search / Geranium carolinianum
§1 Plant
Geranium carolinianum L.
vernacular Carolina geranium — species · Geraniaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual, Biennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Geraniaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Geranium
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 1,019 counties across 30 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 1,019 counties across 30 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Bradley 05011
- Carroll 05015
- Chicot 05017
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Crittenden 05035
- Cross 05037
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Jefferson 05069
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Logan 05083
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Miller 05091
- Mississippi 05093
- Monroe 05095
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Newton 05101
- Ouachita 05103
- Perry 05105
- Poinsett 05111
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Sebastian 05131
- Sharp 05135
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- Woodruff 05147
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 53 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Bartow 13015
- Ben Hill 13017
- Bulloch 13031
- Camden 13039
- Chatham 13051
- Clarke 13059
- Cook 13075
- Dade 13083
- Elbert 13105
- Fulton 13121
- Grady 13131
- Hall 13139
- Irwin 13155
- Jackson 13157
- Jefferson 13163
- Lee 13177
- Lowndes 13185
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Mitchell 13205
- Morgan 13211
- Murray 13213
- Oconee 13219
- Richmond 13245
- Seminole 13253
- Tift 13277
- Walton 13297
- Wheeler 13309
- Wilkes 13317
Illinois view state ↗ 80 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Brown 17009
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Ford 17053
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Boone 18011
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Clinton 18023
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Delaware 18035
- Dubois 18037
- Elkhart 18039
- Fountain 18045
- Fulton 18049
- Gibson 18051
- Greene 18055
- Harrison 18061
- Howard 18067
- Jackson 18071
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Johnson 18081
- Knox 18083
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Marion 18097
- Marshall 18099
- Martin 18101
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Ohio 18115
- Orange 18117
- Perry 18123
- Pike 18125
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Pulaski 18131
- Putnam 18133
- Spencer 18147
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Sullivan 18153
- Switzerland 18155
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Tipton 18159
- Union 18161
- Vanderburgh 18163
- Vermillion 18165
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warrick 18173
- Washington 18175
- Wayne 18177
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 68 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Grant 20067
- Greenwood 20073
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Johnson 20091
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Linn 20107
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- McPherson 20113
- Miami 20121
- Mitchell 20123
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Osage 20139
- Ottawa 20143
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Sedgwick 20173
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Stafford 20185
- Sumner 20191
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Washington 20201
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 77 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Anderson 21005
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Boone 21015
- Bourbon 21017
- Bracken 21023
- Breathitt 21025
- Breckinridge 21027
- Bullitt 21029
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carroll 21041
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Clinton 21053
- Crittenden 21055
- Cumberland 21057
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Gallatin 21077
- Garrard 21079
- Grant 21081
- Grayson 21085
- Greenup 21089
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henry 21103
- Hopkins 21107
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Johnson 21115
- Kenton 21117
- Knox 21121
- Laurel 21125
- Lawrence 21127
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Logan 21141
- Madison 21151
- Marion 21155
- Mason 21161
- McCreary 21147
- Meade 21163
- Mercer 21167
- Metcalfe 21169
- Montgomery 21173
- Ohio 21183
- Oldham 21185
- Owen 21187
- Pendleton 21191
- Perry 21193
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Russell 21207
- Scott 21209
- Taylor 21217
- Trimble 21223
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Louisiana view state ↗ 64 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Assumption 22007
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. James 22093
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Baton Rouge 22121
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maine view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 53 N ▾
- Adams 28001
- Amite 28005
- Carroll 28015
- Chickasaw 28017
- Clarke 28023
- Coahoma 28027
- Copiah 28029
- Covington 28031
- DeSoto 28033
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- George 28039
- Hancock 28045
- Harrison 28047
- Hinds 28049
- Holmes 28051
- Humphreys 28053
- Issaquena 28055
- Jackson 28059
- Jasper 28061
- Jefferson 28063
- Jefferson Davis 28065
- Jones 28067
- Kemper 28069
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Lawrence 28077
- Leake 28079
- Lee 28081
- Lincoln 28085
- Madison 28089
- Marion 28091
- Marshall 28093
- Monroe 28095
- Montgomery 28097
- Newton 28101
- Pearl River 28109
- Perry 28111
- Pike 28113
- Pontotoc 28115
- Quitman 28119
- Rankin 28121
- Scott 28123
- Sharkey 28125
- Simpson 28127
- Stone 28131
- Tishomingo 28141
- Union 28145
- Walthall 28147
- Warren 28149
- Washington 28151
- Wilkinson 28157
Montana view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 17 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Bronx 36005
- Broome 36007
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chemung 36015
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Greene 36039
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Otsego 36077
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 78 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Alleghany 37005
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Caldwell 37027
- Carteret 37031
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Clay 37043
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Dare 37055
- Davie 37059
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gates 37073
- Graham 37075
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Lincoln 37109
- Madison 37115
- Martin 37117
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Montgomery 37123
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Perquimans 37143
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Swain 37173
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilkes 37193
- Wilson 37195
- Yadkin 37197
- Yancey 37199
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Chester 42029
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Fulton 42057
- Juniata 42067
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Union 42119
- Warren 42123
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Anderson 45007
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chester 45023
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Fairfield 45039
- Florence 45041
- Greenville 45045
- Horry 45051
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Laurens 45059
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- McCormick 45065
- Newberry 45071
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Richland 45079
- Saluda 45081
- Spartanburg 45083
- Sumter 45085
- Union 45087
- Williamsburg 45089
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Bedford 47003
- Benton 47005
- Blount 47009
- Bradley 47011
- Cannon 47015
- Carroll 47017
- Carter 47019
- Cheatham 47021
- Davidson 47037
- Dickson 47043
- Dyer 47045
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Gibson 47053
- Grainger 47057
- Grundy 47061
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Henderson 47077
- Henry 47079
- Houston 47083
- Humphreys 47085
- Knox 47093
- Lake 47095
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lawrence 47099
- Lewis 47101
- Loudon 47105
- Madison 47113
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- McMinn 47107
- McNairy 47109
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Obion 47131
- Putnam 47141
- Roane 47145
- Robertson 47147
- Rutherford 47149
- Scott 47151
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Smith 47159
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Trousdale 47169
- Unicoi 47171
- Van Buren 47175
- Warren 47177
- Washington 47179
- Wayne 47181
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
Vermont view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 98 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Boone 54005
- Braxton 54007
- Cabell 54011
- Calhoun 54013
- Fayette 54019
- Gilmer 54021
- Grant 54023
- Hampshire 54027
- Hardy 54031
- Jackson 54035
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Lincoln 54043
- Mason 54053
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Mingo 54059
- Monongalia 54061
- Pendleton 54071
- Pleasants 54073
- Pocahontas 54075
- Putnam 54079
- Raleigh 54081
- Ritchie 54085
- Summers 54089
- Tyler 54095
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
- Webster 54101
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wyoming 54109
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
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Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2890623 ↗Record version
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