Family: Geraniaceae
High Risk Traits:
- Grows in subtropical to Mediterranean climates
- Naturalized in the UK and New Zealand (but no evidence in the Hawaiian Islands to date)
- Seedling recruitment reported to be a nuisance in New Zealand
- Other Geranium species are invasive weeds
- Unpalatable to deer, rabbits, and possibly other animals
- Shade tolerant
- Tolerates many soil types
- Reproduces by seeds
- May hybridize with other Geranium species
- Self-fertile
- Reaches maturity in two to three years
- Seeds dispersed through explosive dehiscence, and through intentional cultivation
Low Risk Traits:
- No significant negative impacts reported where naturalized
- Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
- Non-toxic
- Not reported to spread vegetatively