Sticky Geranium
Geranium viscosissimum
A meadow and aspen-grove geranium with rich rose-purple, dark-veined flowers over deeply cut leaves. Long-blooming and a favorite of native bees. The flowers have been added to salads as a garnish; the leaves are edible but not especially good eating.
- Family
- Geraniaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 3–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- May, June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- pink, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border
- Native states
- CA, CO, ID, MT, NE, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY