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Apr 4, 2024 11:59 PM CST
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Name: Linda Williams
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This is growing in my yard. Anyone recognize it? I think it blooms, but very tiny pale blooms.

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Apr 5, 2024 12:07 AM CST
Name: Zoë
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It's one of the true geraniums, possibly a cranesbill. I don't know them well enough to give you any further info.
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Apr 5, 2024 12:20 AM CST
Name: Sue Taylor
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I agree with one of the hardy Geraniums - not a weed in my book.
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Apr 5, 2024 8:17 AM CST
Name: Sally
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I'd consider robertianum
https://gobotany.nativeplanttr...
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Apr 5, 2024 8:25 AM CST
Name: Sue Taylor
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sallyg said: I'd consider robertianum
https://gobotany.nativeplanttr...


Wrong leaves for herb robert.
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Apr 5, 2024 9:49 AM CST
Name: Sally
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ok,
what do you think of this one?
https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/pl...
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Apr 5, 2024 9:58 AM CST
Name: Zoë
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That looks like a likely candidate.
From "Foraging Texas" :
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Apr 5, 2024 11:22 AM CST
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Name: Linda Williams
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That one is likely. I looked closely at a tiny flower today and it's pale pink. One branch that probably went to seed has a crane's bill look to it. I also have the deep purple flowers from Stork's Bill wildflowers I planted on purpose elsewhere, but these plants just came up on their own. Thanks!
I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. E. B.White
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Apr 5, 2024 3:40 PM CST
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Looks just like the Carolina Geranium here.
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Apr 5, 2024 3:43 PM CST
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Looks like one of the many, many weeds that grow around here. Not a geranium. Unless it's a weed related to geranium.
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Apr 11, 2024 1:02 PM CST
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Apr 11, 2024 1:21 PM CST
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TomatoNut95 said: Looks like one of the many, many weeds that grow around here. Not a geranium. Unless it's a weed related to geranium.


Sorry @TomatoNut95 but it is a geranium.
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Apr 11, 2024 2:07 PM CST
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Calif_Sue said: Sorry @TomatoNut95 but it is a geranium.


*Blush* My bad.
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Apr 13, 2024 10:12 AM CST
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Mugwort (chrysanthemum weed)
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Apr 13, 2024 11:04 AM CST
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Sorry @larrygiorda but this has already been IDed as a geranium, thus the [identified] heading in the subject line in the forum list.
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Apr 13, 2024 11:06 AM CST
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Remember that "flowers" are just politically correct "weeds".
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Apr 14, 2024 8:10 AM CST

Herb Robert is a stinky weed in my yard, esp. when leaves are bruised. It flowers pink or white , don't know why. It's nice early in the spring when it flowers, but soon overwhelms it's neighbors, so I pull it up and am rewarded with the ugly smell.
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Apr 14, 2024 8:28 AM CST
Name: Sally
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I agree with you- let it bloom, then it is easy to pull. Not my most dreaded weedy plant, for sure.
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Apr 14, 2024 8:39 AM CST
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Yesterday I raked a big gardeb cart load of it out of one of my rose "beds" - there's plenty more to remove...
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Apr 14, 2024 11:35 AM CST
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Except the plant in question is not a Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum)

It's been determined to be a Carolina Cranesbill (Geranium carolinianum)
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