Geraniaceae - Geranium Family

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Geranium maculatum (Wild Geranium/Spotted Cranesbill)

This flower grows from 1 to 2 feet tall.  It has purple-pink, regular flowers in loose clusters of 2 to 5 at the ends of branches bearing a pair of deeply lobed (3 to 5 lobes) leaves.  The fruit is elongated, with a beaked capsule, that splits into 5 upward-curving strips still united at the top.

This plant grows in woods, thickets, and meadows.  It flowers from April to June.