Geranium

Scientific Name: Geranium

Also Known As: Carolina Geranium, Dovefoot Geranium

Weed Family: Geraniaceae

Description

Geranium, also called Carolina and Wild geranium, is a semi-erect winter annual. The erect stems are branching and covered with hair. The alternate leaves are on long petioles and are divided into segmented leaflets which are blunt toothed. The flowers have 5 white to pink petals and form in clusters. The seed forms in a fruit capsule that forms a “storks bill.” Carolina geranium is found throughout the United States and Canada. 

Herbicide Use

Make your post-emergence herbicide application to wild geranium that is actively growing and in the rosette to flower stage of growth

Distribution

Germination Dates

Zone-3: April-September

Zone-4: April-October

Zone-5: March-October

Zone-6: February-November

Zone-7: January-December

Zone-8: January

Zone-9: January-December

PBI-Gordon Product Recommendations

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SpeedZone® EW Broadleaf Herbicide for Turf

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SpeedZone® Southern EW Broadleaf Herbicide for Turf

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Trimec® Southern Broadleaf Herbicide for Sensitive Southern Grasses

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Avenue™ South Broadleaf Herbicide

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Trimec® Encore® Broadleaf Herbicide

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Trimec® Classic Broadleaf Herbicide

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Trimec® Bentgrass Formula Broadleaf Herbicide

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Trimec® 992 Broadleaf Herbicide

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Trimec® 1000 Low Odor Broadleaf Herbicide

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Super Trimec® Broadleaf Herbicide

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TZone™ SE Broadleaf Herbicide for Tough Weeds

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Surge® Broadleaf Herbicide for Turf

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Q4® Plus Turf Herbicide for Grassy & Broadleaf Weeds

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PowerZone® Broadleaf Herbicide

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Katana® Turf Herbicide

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