| Author | L. | |
| Distribution | Mountains only.
Native of Europe; in N.A. MA to southern Ont., south to northern GA and AR; also Pacific states and ID. | |
| Abundance | Fairy common, at least locally, though seemingly rare in the far southwestern counties. | |
| Habitat | Dry to mesic soils of roadsides, yard weed, waste places, fields, clearings, parking lot edge. | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting April-July. | |
| Identification | The leaf blades of this species grow on long to very long stalks, form a rounded outline, and are deeply dissected into narrow segments. The flowers grow from leaf axils on long stalks, are usually paired, purplish pink. Sepals have a short awn or mucro at the tip (contra those of G. molle). Pedicels are more than 2 times the length of the sepals, versus less than 1.5 times in G. carolinianum and G. dissectum. | |
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| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | GNR | |
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