hite geraniums are perennials that grow in mid-elevation meadows and open forests. They grow between 40 and 80 cm on hairy stalks with a woody base. The flowers are white or pink-white with purple veins.

The leaves are paired along the stalks and divided into blades. After flowering, the seedheads are shaped like a stork’s bill. At the end of summer, the capsules burst open, flinging the seeds away from the host plant.

White geranium, which usually grows in fertile soil the shade, is closely related to sticky geranium, which grows in the sun and is abundant in our local grasslands.

This one was spotted on Mt. Huntley above Azure Lake in the forest near the edge of a wet meadow.